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Theoretical high-energy physics is dedicated to the study of fundamental particles and their interactions. This research spans quantum field theories at extremely high temperatures such as in the early Universe or relativistic heavy ion colliders, jets in plasmas, physics beyond the Standard Model, searching for new particles, aspects of string theory and holography, and probing extra dimensions.

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UVa High Energy Physics Researchers in the News:

High Energy Physics Talks:

  Peter Arnold   Arnold: Prof. Arnold studies the theory of the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions at extremely high, relativistic temperatures, such as in the very early Universe (less than a millionth of a second after the Big Bang) or in relativistic collisions in heavy ion accelerators. Topics he has studied include investigating why there is significantly more matter than anti-matter in the Universe and understanding the properties of quark-gluon plasmas. The theoretical methods used for these very high energy problems (as much as a quadrillion degrees Kelvin) can also be applied to certain ... More>
  Julian Heeck   Heeck: The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics is a remarkably successful description of nature at the most fundamental level and has been completed in 2012 with the discovery of the Brout-Englert-Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider. There are, however, several empirical issues that prove the incompleteness of the SM, including More>
  Diana Vaman   Vaman: My research in theoretical particle physics is based on string theory, and I am especially interested in the connections between gauge and string theories. More>