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RTN European
Program HPRN-CT-2000-00148
Physics Across the Present Energy Frontier:
Probing the Origin of Mass
Project overview :
The main purpose of the network is to conduct research on both theoretical and phenomenological aspects of the physics beyond the present energy frontier. The basic issue is to understand the origin of the masses of the elementary particles, as well as the mechanism of the electroweak symmetry breaking. The directions of research are strongly motivated both by the large amount of experimental data expected during the next years, and by the prospect of important progress in several areas of theoretical physics. The main objectives of the proposed research are: phenomenological implications of supersymmetric theories, fermion mass hierarchies and the flavour problem, neutrino masses and oscillations, supersymmetric cosmology, phenomenological applications of M-theory, large extra dimensions and low scale quantum gravity, duality symmetries and non-perturbative dynamics of gauge fields and strings. We plan to coordinate and further strengthen the collaboration among the participating teams and provide theoretical support to the European experimental programs in high energy physics. (For more information, see the Postscript file with the program of our work.)Description of partnership
The network involves 12 participants. All the research teams in the proposed network have been already involved in joint research in the past and their members have co-authored a large number of publications. Five of the participating institutes (Greece, Madrid, Oxford, Paris, Trieste) collaborated in the preceding SCIENCE EU programme (contract no. SC1*-CT92-0792) on string phenomenology. Most of the others were part of the Human Capital and Mobility network (contract no. CHRX-CT93-0132) on flavour dynamics. The majority of the teams participated also in the Training and Mobility of Researchers network (contract no. ERBFMRX-CT96-0090) on physics beyond the Standard Model. In addition, many participants were involved in various bi-national programmes in the past. It is worth noticing that there exists already an important mobility of PhD students and postdocs among the participating institutions, working on the research areas of the proposed network. Finally, members of the proposed network started an annual international conference circulated among locations of the participating nodes on ``Physics from Planck to Electroweak Scale" (Warsaw 98, Bonn 99, Il Ciocco 00, etc).- Centre de PHysique Théorique, Ecole Polytechnique, FRANCE
- Service de Physique Théorique, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, FRANCE
- Physikaliches Institut, Universität Bonn, GERMANY
- Physics Division, School of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Padua, Pisa, Rome-1 and Rome-2, ITALY
- Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, ITALY
- Centro de Física das Interacções Fundamentais, Departamento de Física, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
- Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, SPAIN
- Astroparticle and High Energy Group, Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Universitat de Valencia, SPAIN
- Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM
- Uniwersytet Warszawski, POLAND
- Theory Division , CERN, SWITZERLAND
Coordination :
ANTONIADIS Ignatios, Dr.Theory Division,
CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, SWITZERLAND,
Tel 41-22 767 3201
Fax 41-22 767 3800,
Ignatios.Antoniadis@cern.ch
and
Centre de Physique Théorique,
Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau CEDEX, FRANCE,
Tel 33-1 69 33 47 28
Fax 33-1 69 33 30 08,
antoniadis@cpht.polytechnique.fr
Postdoctoral Positions
Our network had a total of 34.5 postdoc-years available, to be used in the academic years 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003 or 2003-2004. There are no postdoctoral positions still available. They have been given usually for 2 years and the salary depends on the place of appointment.Rules for the appointment of postdocs:
The European commission has the following rules for the appointments of postdocs. The candidate must:- be a holder of a doctoral degree and aged 35 years or less at the time of the appointment.
- be a national of a Member State of the European Union or of an Associated State (Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and possibly Malta and Switzerland) or have resided in the European Union for at least five years prior to the appointment.
- not be a national of the state in wich the research team appointing him is located, nor have resided and worked in this country for more than 12 of the 24 months prior to the appointment.
Network fellows web page:
If you planed to be a postdoc in any node of the network, you can get some advise by contacting a current fellow. Click here for the present list of postdoc fellows and some useful links.Scientists in charge in the participating institutes:
- I. Antoniadis - CPHT, Ecole Polytechnique (France)
- C. A. Savoy - CEA (France), CNRS
- H.-P. Nilles - Universität Bonn (Germany)
- G. Lazarides - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
- F. Zwirner - INFN (Italy)
- A. Masiero - SISSA (Italy)
- J. C. Romão - I.S.T. Lisbon (Portugal)
- L. Ibáñez - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
- J. W. F. Valle - University of Valencia (Spain)
- G. G. Ross - University of Oxford (UK)
- S. Pokorski - University of Warsaw (Poland)
- L. Alvarez-Gaumé, Theory Division, CERN (Switzerland)
Meetings
- The inaugural meeting of the network has been organized in Oxford (December 8-9, 2000).
- Another meeting was due in La Londe (FRANCE), ``The Supersymmetry-Breaking Problem'' (May 11-16, 2001), as part of the series of meetings ``From the Planck scale to the Electroweak Scale'' (Planck 01).
- The meeting ``Supersymmetry and Brane Worlds'' was part of the 5th European Meeting ``From The Planck Scale To The Electroweak Scale'' (Planck 02). It took place in Kazimierz, Poland (May 25-29, 2002).
- The RTN mid-term meeting has taken place in Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France), (December 11-14, 2002).
- The 6th European Meeting ``From The Planck Scale To The Electroweak Scale'' (Planck 03) took place in Madrid (May 26-31, 2003).
- Also, the 7th European Meeting ``From The Planck Scale To The Electroweak Scale'' (Planck 04) has been organized in Bad Honnef, Germany (May 24-28, 2004).