Objectif It is now firmly established that most of the matter in the Universe is in the form of the mysterious dark matter,contributing more than 80% to the total amount of matter. However, despite tremendous theoretical andexperimental efforts over the past few decades, dark matter remains elusive and one of the great unknownsuntil today. To identify the nature of dark matter is evidently of fundamental importance and one of thetop priorities in science today. The quest for dark matter is inherently multi disciplinary with strong rootsin particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology, providing profound connections between these differentdisciplines.This project aims at exploring new avenues towards solving the dark matter puzzle, with a particular focus ona few select groundbreaking topics. These are centered around (i) theoretical dark matter model building, (ii)the study of new collider signatures, (iii) developing new techniques for the comparison and interpretation ofdirect detection experiments and (iv) identifying astrophysical probes which constrain or give evidence fordark matter self-interactions.Given the impressive increase in sensitivity of upcoming dark matter experiments as well as the upcominghigh energy run of the Large Hadron Collider, there is no doubt that the era of data has begun for darkmatter searches and that we can expect putative signals rather than exclusion limits for the near future. It istherefore extremely important to bring together different fields and exploit the complementarity of differentsearch strategies to maximise the amount of information gained from a successful detection. This inherentlymulti disciplinary approach is at the heart of the current project, which can rely on a well established networkof collaborators and will bring together excellent young physicists with different backgrounds to form a smallbut well structured research group which will significantly advance dark matter phenomenology in Europe. Champ scientifique natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsparticle acceleratornatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsfermionsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyastrophysicsdark matternatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyphysical cosmologynatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotons Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Thème(s) ERC-StG-2014 - ERC Starting Grant Appel à propositions ERC-2014-STG Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement ERC-STG - Starting Grant Institution d’accueil DEUTSCHES ELEKTRONEN-SYNCHROTRON DESY Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 214 250,00 Adresse NOTKESTRASSE 85 22607 Hamburg Allemagne Voir sur la carte Région Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg Type d’activité Research Organisations Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Participation aux programmes de R&I de l'UE Opens in new window Réseau de collaboration HORIZON Opens in new window Coût total € 1 214 250,00 Bénéficiaires (1) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution nette de l'UE Tout développer Tout réduire DEUTSCHES ELEKTRONEN-SYNCHROTRON DESY Allemagne Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 214 250,00 Adresse NOTKESTRASSE 85 22607 Hamburg Voir sur la carte Région Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg Type d’activité Research Organisations Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Participation aux programmes de R&I de l'UE Opens in new window Réseau de collaboration HORIZON Opens in new window Coût total € 1 214 250,00