Astroparticle Physics represents one of the preeminent interests of SISSA and has been singled out as one of the areas that SISSA will further strengthen in the near future. It is an interdisciplinary field merging astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics, and it aims at addressing fundamental issues ranging from the origin of the universe and the nature of gravity to the understanding of dark matter and dark energy. In recent years this field has witnessed a rapid growth, also in connection to the wealth of new data and rich experimental programmes in progress. The aim of the SISSA initiative is then to connect the new insights offered by these exciting phenomenological developments to the forefront of the theoretical research in the field.

The research group includes about 10 faculty members from SISSA, ICTP and OAT. It currently consists of 4 postdoctoral fellows and 16 graduate students. This activity covers a wide spectrum of research lines, ranging from fundamental interactions and their cosmological implications to alternatives classical and quantum theories of gravitation to particle astrophysics and the nature of dark energy/dark matter.

Researchers, postdocs and students working at SISSA can also take advantage of the rich environment of scientific institutions present in the Trieste area, such as the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste (AOT), with whom collaborations and diverse joint activities are promoted.

Additional information about the courses and the research activity can be found at http://www.sissa.it/app/