Obiettivo 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. Campo scientifico natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsparticle acceleratornatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsfermionsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyastrophysicsdark matternatural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyphysical cosmologynatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotons Programma(i) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Argomento(i) ERC-StG-2014 - ERC Starting Grant Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2014-STG Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-STG - Starting Grant Istituzione ospitante DEUTSCHES ELEKTRONEN-SYNCHROTRON DESY Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 214 250,00 Indirizzo NOTKESTRASSE 85 22607 Hamburg Germania Mostra sulla mappa Regione Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 1 214 250,00 Beneficiari (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo netto dell'UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto DEUTSCHES ELEKTRONEN-SYNCHROTRON DESY Germania Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 214 250,00 Indirizzo NOTKESTRASSE 85 22607 Hamburg Mostra sulla mappa Regione Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 1 214 250,00