Welcome!

Welcome everybody! The Particles and Cosmology group, led by Prof. Stefan Antusch, is working on the development of a more fundamental elementary particle theory which resolves the challenges of the present "Standard Model", gives rise to a consistent evolution of the universe and which can be tested by ongoing and future experiments. Towards this goal, we are currently focusing on particle theories of the early universe, unified theories of forces and the origin of particle masses and mixings, as well as on ways to probe new physics with neutrinos.


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FLASY 2018 workshop in Basel

In 2018, from July 2nd - 5th, the 7th international  FLASY workshop took place at our department. The workshop brought together researchers in the fields of flavour symmetries, neutrino physics, accelerator physics and cosmology to present…
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Special event on gravitational waves

On November 16, 2017 a special event on gravitational waves took place at the Physics Department. In three talks, the physics of gravitational waves, gravitational waves from neutron star mergers as well as gravitational waves from the…
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Gravitational wave factories in the early universe

Researchers from the Particles & Cosmology group at the Department of Physics have found that in the early universe after inflation, so-called oscillons can act as "gravitational wave factories" and produce much more gravitational waves…
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/ Events, Campus

Swiss Cosmology Days 2017 in Basel

On February the 6th and 7th, the "Swiss Cosmology Days 2017" took place at our Department. The Swiss Cosmology Days are yearly meetings aimed at promoting communication and exchanges amongst Cosmologists working in Switzerland. They…
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Future Circular Collider: Ten times the energy of the LHC

The Higgs boson was discovered in the particle accelerator LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN in 2012 – and scientists are expecting to gain more groundbreaking insights from this large research facility in Geneva during the next…