Cosmology

Section C of the SFB researches topics in cosmology. Currently, our main interests are

• the physics of axions and other very weakly interacting slim particles

• the origin of dark matter and dark energy

• leptogenesis as the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry

• the possibility of variable constants in nature

• quantum field theory in an expanding universe

Projects

• C1 — Theory and Phenomenology of Weakly Interacting Light Particles Beyond the Standard Model (Particle Physics/Cosmology)
  Andreas Ringwald, Günter Wiedemann
• C2 — Search for Dark Matter (Particle Physics/Cosmology)
  Dieter Horns, Christian Spiering
• C3 — Leptogenesis and Dark Matter (Particle Physics/Cosmology)
  Wilfried Buchmüller
• C4 — Variations of Fundamental Constants (Cosmology)
  Dieter Reimers
• C5 — Type Ia Supernovae and Dark Energy (Cosmology)
  Peter Hauschildt
• C6 — Scalar Fields in Cosmology: Inflation, Dark Matter, Dark Energy (Cosmology/Particle Physics)
  Jan Louis, Alexander Westphal
• C8 — Propagation of Very High Energy Radiation in the Universe (Astro-particle Physics)
  Günter Sigl
• C9 — Magnetic Fields in the Early Universe (Cosmology)
  Robi Banerjee