Standard model extensions with massive neutrinos :Phenomenology, model building and cosmological implications

Project Information

NEUTR-COSMO-ACCEL

Grant agreement ID: 14297

Project closed

Start date 1 December 2004

End date 30 November 2008

Funded under

• Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Total cost € 0,00

EU contribution € 802 678,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS
Greece

Objective

The proposal is the field of fundamental research in Elementary Particle Physics, and aims at the creation of an excellence team in order to pursue the following studies:
(i) An elaborate theoretical study of Standard Model extensions with massive neutrino s and lepton number violation, in association with the generic fermion mass problem.
(ii) A detailed analysis of the implications of such models for searches for new particles and interactions in present and future experiments, with particular focus at the LHC (CERN). Concrete channels leading to novel experimental signatures will be put forward and elaborately analysed.
(iii) A study of related cosmological implications, linked not only to processes that directly involve neutrinos, but also to the way in which the breaking of symmetries in this class of Standard Model extensions affects structure formation in the universe.

The proposed research has a strong interdisciplinary component, bringing together Theoretical Physics with Experiment, and Elementary Particle Physics with Astrophysics and Cosmology. It also combines analytical calculations with state-of-the art computations, using modern software tools. The team will be hosted at the University of Patras, Greece, where the Team Leader has been elected as an Associate Professor after spending 15 years in Oxford, Heidelberg and CERN. The host institution and the team leader, who are both experienced in European project management; will ensure the successful implementation of the project in all aspects.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › theoretical physics › particle physics › neutrinos
• natural sciences › physical sciences › theoretical physics › particle physics › leptons
• natural sciences › physical sciences › theoretical physics › particle physics › particle accelerator
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › astrophysics › dark matter
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › physical cosmology

Programme(s)

• FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Topic(s)

• MOBILITY-3.1 - Marie Curie Excellence Grants (EXT)

Call for proposal

FP6-2002-MOBILITY-8
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Funding Scheme

EXT - Marie Curie actions-Grants for Excellent Teams

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Panepistimioupoli, Rio ; PATRAS ; Greece
• Total cost: No data