Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
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Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology

The Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) aims to foster world-class research in particle physics phenomenology - the bridge between theory and experiment in the study of the tiny building blocks of all matter in the universe and of the fundamental forces that operate between them.

We are trying to understand what happens when high energy particles are smashed into each other at very high energies and we provide the theory and analysis behind a number of experiments to be carried out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a gigantic particle accelerator built 100m underground on the Swiss/French border at Geneva, which aims to recreate conditions in the early Universe just after the Big Bang. We are seeking answers to some of the Universe’s greatest secrets such as the mysteries surrounding antimatter and dark matter, the possibility of extra space-time dimensions and the existence of the elusive Higgs boson.

The IPPP is a joint venture of Durham University and the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) It is part of the Centre for Particle Theory in Durham, based jointly in the Departments of Mathematical Sciences and Physics. The activities of the IPPP are overseen by a steering committee with both internal and external members.

Together with the Institute for Computational Cosmology, the IPPP forms part of the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics, housed in a new building adjacent to the Physics Department. The building was officially opened by the Prime Minister on 18th October 2002, and the Inauguration Day for the Ogden Centre took place on 15th November 2002.

Recent IPPP Preprints RSS Icon

The multi-channel low energy neutrino factory
Alan Bross et al.

Factorization breaking in diffractive dijet photoproduction at HERA
A.B. Kaidalov, V.A. Khoze, A.D. Martin and M.G. Ryskin

Conformal Left-Right Symmetry and the Hierarchy Problem
Martin Holthausen, Manfred Lindner and Michael A. Schmidt

Simplicity of Polygon Wilson Loops in N=4 SYM
Andreas Brandhuber, Paul Heslop, Valentin V. Khoze and Gabriele Travaglini

Analytic results for the one-loop NMHV Hqqgg amplitude
Simon Badger, John M. Campbell, R.Keith Ellis and Ciaran Williams

News RSS Icon

Stirling Lecture 2009
03/11/2009 - The Stirling Lecture for 2009 is to be given by Professor Brian Cox, of Manchester University.

IPPP Associates 2009-10
03/11/2009 - The winners of IPPP Associateships for 2009-10

Workshops RSS Icon

Forward Workshop 2009
Sat 12 Dec 2009 -
Mon 14 Dec 2009

HEP Young Theorists' Forum
Wed 16 Dec 2009 -
Thu 17 Dec 2009

Annual Theory Meeting
Thu 17 Dec 2009 -
Sat 19 Dec 2009

YETI'10; Window to the dark world, cosmology to LHC
Tue 12 Jan 2010 -
Thu 14 Jan 2010

Higgs-Maxwell Meeting: Particle Physics and Cosmology in the Age of the LHC
Wed 10 Feb 2010 -

Events RSS Icon

Sparticle Mass Relations in Grand Unified Theories
Pran Nath Pandita (North Eastern Hill University)
Tue 24 Nov 2009, 14:15
OC218, Ogden Centre, Physics

Two-loop QCD Amplitudes for q q -> W W at Hadron Colliders
Grigorios Chachamis (PSI)
Thu 26 Nov 2009, 14:15
OC218, Ogden Centre, Physics

IPPP Internal Seminar
Stefano Nicotri (IPPP)
Fri 27 Nov 2009, 14:15
OC218, Ogden Centre, Physics