The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics describes Nature at the smallest possible scales that we can test — in experiment such as CERN’s Large Hadron Collider — with astonishing precision. At the same time it is central to our understanding of early universe dynamics and cosmology, at the largest existing scales.
Yet, there is irrefutable evidence that the laws of Nature must be modified by new Physics, to account for the observation of Dark Matter (DM), as well as dark energy and the origin of Higgs dynamics.
Recent years have seen extraordinary technological advancement, both in our ability to test the SM experimentally — in particular through quantum sensing — and in our understanding of quantum field theory (the mathematical framework that realises the SM).
This conference will bring together experts working at the forefront of theoretical physics, as well as those who have been thinking more deeply about experiments at the smallest and largest scales, with the unifying goal of shedding light on what lurks beyond the standard model.
Organisers:
David Kaplan (JHU)
Riccardo Rattazzi (EPFL)
Francesco Riva (UNIGE)
This Conference is partially funded by Congressi Stefano Franscini.
