The focus of our research at the Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics (TTP) is the study of physics of elementary particles. Physics of elementary
particles is successfully described by the Standard Model of Particle Physics that was proposed as the leading theory of Nature more than 40 years
ago. The Standard Model is an extremely successful theory which describes a vast majority of phenomena that are observed in the Universe. Yet,
theoretical shortcomings of the Standard Model suggest that this theory is incomplete and that additional, so far unknown, particles and interactions
should exist. The research of the Institute contributes towards discovering the physics beyond the Standard Model through refined theoretical
descriptions of Standard Model processes and through a development of specific models of New Physics.
Researches at the Institute provide theoretical support for studying Higgs boson physics at the LHC, explore the flavour structure of the
Standard Model and beyond by studying properties of B and D mesons and develop new methods for performing high-precision computations
in Quantum Field Theory.
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![]() 22.05.2023 Particle physics colloquium In this week's particle physics colloquium (Thursday, 25.05, 15h45), we will have Benedikt Maier (ETP) giving a talk on “A shot in the dark: How CMS searches for new particles in the dark sector”. The seminar will take place in Kleiner Hörsaal A (CS) and will be live-streamed to Seminarraum 224 in Bld. 402 (CN). |
![]() 22.05.2023 Institute's seminar The upcoming institute's seminar (Wednesday, 24.05, 11h30) will be given by Pascal Reeck , he will speak about “Higher-order corrections to B meson mixing”. The seminar will take place in room 10/1. |
![]() 15.05.2023 Institute's seminar The upcoming institute's seminar (Wednesday, 17.05, 11h30) will be given by Alexander Penin , he will speak about “Majorana fermions in particle physics and condensed matter”. The seminar will take place in room 10/1. |
09.05.2023 Particle physics colloquium In this week's particle physics colloquium (Thursday, 11.05, 15h45), we will have Vitalii Lisovskyi (EPFL) giving a talk on “Exploring new horizons with flavour at the LHCb experiment.”. The seminar will take place in Kleiner Hörsaal A (CS) and will be live-streamed to Seminarraum 410 in Bld. 401 (CN). |
09.05.2023 Institute's seminar The upcoming institute's seminar (Wednesday, 10.05, 11h30) will be given by Hantian Zhang , he will speak about “EW corrections to gg>HH in large top-mass and high-energy expansions”. The seminar will take place in room 10/1. |
02.05.2023 Particle physics colloquium In this week's particle physics colloquium (Thursday, 04.05, 15h45), we will have Gabriela Araujo (University of Zurich) giving a talk on “Microscopy of color centers: A new avenue for neutrino and dark matter detection”. The seminar will take place in Seminarraum 410 in Bld. 401 (CN) and will be live-streamed to Kleiner Hörsaal A (CS). |