Theoretical Particle Physics is one of the main research lines traditionally pursued at SISSA. Its aim is to study and develop models devoted to the understanding and unification of the four fundamental interactions in Nature. Present times, where the Large Hadron collider (LHC) is narrowing down the experimental limits on new physics beyond the Standard Model, and satellite missions such as WMAP and PLANCK probe the very early Universe, offer a vast amount of potential experimental data which challenge theoretical research in this field as ever since many years. This makes it particularly exciting to work in this research field, nowadays.

The group, which includes 10 staff members plus several affiliates from other groups, around 10 postdocs and 25 PhD students, focuses its research on both phenomenological and more formal aspects of particle physics, rranging from LHC physics, neutrino physics, beyond the Standard Model physics and dark matter, to string and branes theory, the AdS/CFT duality and quantum field theories of gravity.

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 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and the Physics Department of the University of Trieste, with whom collaborations and diverse joint activities are promoted.

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