Collaborative Research Center SFB 676
Particles, Strings, and the Early Universe
The Collaborative Research Center 676 (Sonderforschungsbereich 676) at Hamburg University is a research programme at the interface of Particle Physics, String Theory and Cosmology. Significant developments are taking place in each of these fields, and far-reaching scientific results are expected in the course of the next 20 years.
In order to benefit from the fruitful interplay between these different fields, the SFB includes researchers from many different backgrounds, reaching from Particle Physics, over to numerical modeling in Astrophysics, to Mathematics. Eliminating the traditional borders between these subjects has proven to be inspirational and has led to interesting interdisciplinary research projects.
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Find more information about the scientific programme at the homepages of the various projects.
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There are currently open positions within the SFB (faculty, postdoc and PhD).
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Various lecture courses are offered to graduate students during the first two years of their education.
Upcoming events
SFB Lecture: Building Supersymmetric Models for the LHC F. Brümmer
15, 22 and 29 Jun 2012Low-energy supersymmetry is one of the best-motivated new physics scenarios for the LHC. In these lectures I will describe some tools for building potentially realistic SUSY models which allow to calculate soft SUSY breaking terms from first principles. After starting quite generally, the focus will eventually be on dynamical SUSY breaking and modern approaches to gauge mediation.DESY Hamburg
2a, SemRm 2, 14:30hSFP12: Summer School on Strings and Fundamental Physics
01-14 Jul 2012
The International School On Strings And Fundamental Physics invites PhD students and postdocs for a two-week event to Hamburg, Germany. The first week will cover basics of string theory, while the second week will focus on advanced topics. Internationally well known scientists will give lectures on modern topics in string theory. Mathematical Aspects of Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Statistical Mechanics
30 Jul-01 Aug 2012New Perspectives in Topological Field Theories
27-31 Aug 2012Ahrenshoop12: Recent Developments in String and Field Theory
27-30 Aug 201241st International Symposium Ahrenshoop on the Theory of Elementary Particles: Recent Developments in String and Field TheorySummer School: Differential Geometry and Supersymmetry
10-14 Sep 2012
SFB Lecture: Two-dimensional conformal field theory: introduction & applications I. Runkel
27 April, 05 and 11 May 2012In this series of three lectures I will give a brief introduction to conformal field theory in two dimensions, including some applications and the methods used to get there. Conformal field theories arise for example in the description of critical lattice models or as UV/IR renormalisation group fixed points. In two dimensions they feature an infinite symmetry algebra, the Virasoro algebra. From its representation theory one can extract a lot of information about the theory, such as differential equations for correlators and constraints on the field content and the short distance expansion of fields. I will illustrate this in some simple examples.DESY Hamburg
2a, SemRm 2, 14:30hSFB Colloquium Melzer-Pellmann, Luty
25 Apr 2012I. Melzer-Pellmann (Hamburg): Recent Results from SUSY Searches at CMS
M. Luty (UC Davis): "Three Universes Confront the LHC"
DESY Hamburg, 2a/SemRm 2
14:30hImplications of the Early LHC for Cosmology
18-20 Apr 2012The aim of this workshop is to discuss the consequences of the early results obtained from LHC measurements for cosmology. The main topics covered are
- The Higgs Sector
- Status of Supersymmetry
- Inflation
- Cosmological Phase Transitions
- Primordial Gravitational Waves
XXIV Workshop Beyond the Standard Model
12-15 Mar 2012Amplitudes 2012
5-9 Mar 2012
During the last few years the analytic study of scattering amplitudes has flourished due to a vivid interaction between high energy physics, mathematics and string theory. The purpose of the workshop is to bring together leading experts working on novel methods for scattering amplitudes in perturbative gauge and gravity theories, reaching from formal developments to phenomenological applications. We intend to review progress and discuss promising developments in this highly energetic field. Thereby, we hope to inspire further development.
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- DoIT Jobseminar, 31 May 2012
Physicists – Occupational Outlook and individual ways of career: doit.desy.de - Call for project proposals - PIER Ideenfonds
For details see the announcement - Newsletter of the Equal Opportunity Officer and the women representative board
For more information see here - pro exzellentia: PhD scholarships for women from September 2011
For more information see this announcement and pro-exzellenzia.de - German for Newcomers
more information here
- DoIT Jobseminar, 31 May 2012