Particle and astroparticle physics

 
 

Explore the fundamental physics laws which govern the basic building blocks of matter and the structure of space and time

 

mission of particle physics:

Since Einstein, physicists have sought a unified theory to explain all the fundamental forces and particles in the universe. At the most fundamental level, particles and forces may converge. Perhaps all forces are different manifestations of a single grand unified force, a force that would relate quarks to leptons and predict new ways of converting one kind of particle into another. Such a force might eventually make protons decay, rendering ordinary matter unstable.

Find answers to following questions at the interface between particle physics and astrophysics:

  1. •What is the Universe made of?

  2. •Where does the matter dominance come from?

  3. •What is Dark Matter? Dark Energy ?

  4. •Do protons have finite lifetime?

  5. •What are the properties of neutrinos?

  6. •What is their role in the cosmic evolution?

  7. •What do neutrinos tell us about Sun’s interior and about supernovae explosions?

  8. •What is the origin of cosmic rays?

  9. •What is the sky made of at extreme energies?

mission of astroparticle physics:

Einstein’s dream: unify all forces

Astronomers have shown that the objects in the universe are held together by a form of matter that is not what we are made of. This new form of matter emits no light and is hence called “Dark” Matter.