The focus of our research at the Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics 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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23.11.2020 Seminars This week's particle physics colloquium (Thursday, 26.11, 3.45 pm) will be given by Christoph Lehner (Uni Regensburg) on “Hadronic contributions to the muon anomalous magnetic moment from lattice gauge theory”. In the institute's seminar (Wednesday, 25.11, 2pm) we will have Matteo Fael introducing us to “A north-west passage for semileptonic B decays”. |
20.11.2020 Ph.D. defence at TTP We congratulate Aliaksei Kachanovich on todays successful defence of his Ph.D. thesis “Flavour-changing neutral current processes beyond the Standard Model”. |
16.11.2020 Seminars This week's particle physics colloquium (Thursday, 19.11, 3.45 pm) will be given by Jesse Thaler (MIT) on “The Hidden Geometry of Particle Collisions”. In the institute's seminar (Wednesday, 18.11, 2pm) we will have Christian Brønnum-Hansen presenting “Contribution of third generation quarks to two-loop helicity amplitudes for W boson pair production in gluon fusion”. |
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09.11.2020 Revival of the colloquium We are happy to announce the first particle physics colloquium of this semester's, held by Yuval Grossman (Cornell U.). The remote seminar on “Charming CP Violation” will take place Thursday, 12.11 at 3.45pm via Zoom. This week's institute seminar will be given by Min He on “Anomaly cancellation with an extra gauge boson”. |
09.11.2020 New member at the Institute We warmly welcome Fabian Lange at the TTP! We wish him productive stay at the institute and a pleasant time Karlsruhe. |
22.09.2020 Postdoctoral positions at TTP The institute invites applications for several postdoctoral positions in Theoretical Particle Physics (f/m/d) starting October 1, 2021 or earlier. Detailed information can be found on inspireHEP and here. |