H2020Staff exchange2022–2026

PROBES · Probes of new physics and technological advancements from particle and gravitational wave physics experiments. A cooperative Europe - United States - Asia effort.

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration: 2022-03-01 → 2026-02-28
EU contribution: €2,079,200
Participants: 42
Scheme: MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

Probes of new physics and technological advancements from particle and gravitational wave physics experiments. A cooperative Europe - United States - Asia effort.

PROBES will explore elusive aspects of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics and the Standard Model of Cosmology (SMC) and search for new physics exploiting particle accelerators and gravitational wave (GW) interferometers. Several low- energy aspects of quark-gluon interactions still remain a challenge, like the mechanism of color confinement, which accounts for 99% of the mass of standard matter of the Universe, and the equation of state (EoS) of ultradense matter, fundamental for the study of compact stars. Astrophysical observations and particle physics anomalies point towards the existence of Dark Matter (DM). Major efforts are dedicated to the search for galactic DM or hints at particle accelerators. The observation of neutrino oscillations established a picture consistent with the mixing of three neutrino flavours in three mass eigenstates and small mass differences. Experimental anomalies suggest the existence of sterile neutrino states participating in the mixing and not coupling to the SM gauge bosons. Lepton mixings and massive neutrinos offer a gateway to deviations from the SM in the lepton sector including Charged Lepton Flavour Violation. GWs provide alternative ways to study these phenomena. They could probe the existence of primordial black-holes as a possible DM candidate, test the SMC through new measurements of the Universe expansion rate, and the neutron star EoS through the “tidal” perturbations during a binary neutron star merger. Joint EM-GW-neutrino observations could probe astrophysical sources and constrain physics under extreme conditions of electromagnetic and gravitational fields. We are leading the development, commissioning and data analysis of cutting-edge experiments to answer these questions. This requires maximum knowledge sharing and technological advancements with applications also outside fundamental physics. The collaboration with world-class laboratories in US and Asia will open new career prospects for the participants.

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Project objective

PROBES will explore elusive aspects of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics and the Standard Model of Cosmology (SMC) and search for new physics exploiting particle accelerators and gravitational wave (GW) interferometers. Several low-energy aspects of quark-gluon interactions still remain a challenge, like the mechanism of color confinement, which accounts for 99% of the mass of standard matter of the Universe, and the equation of state (EoS) of ultradense matter, fundamental for the study of compact stars. Astrophysical observations and particle physics anomalies point towards the existence of Dark Matter (DM). Major efforts are dedicated to the search for galactic DM or hints at particle accelerators. The observation of neutrino oscillations established a picture consistent with the mixing of three neutrino flavours in three mass eigenstates and small mass differences. Experimental anomalies suggest the existence of sterile neutrino states participating in the mixing and not coupling to the SM gauge bosons. Lepton mixings and massive neutrinos offer a gateway to deviations from the SM in the lepton sector including Charged Lepton Flavour Violation. GWs provide alternative ways to study these phenomena. They could probe the existence of primordial black-holes as a possible DM candidate, test the SMC through new measurements of the Universe expansion rate, and the neutron star EoS through the “tidal” perturbations during a binary neutron star merger. Joint EM-GW-neutrino observations could probe astrophysical sources and constrain physics under extreme conditions of electromagnetic and gravitational fields. We are leading the development, commissioning and data analysis of cutting-edge experiments to answer these questions. This requires maximum knowledge sharing and technological advancements with applications also outside fundamental physics. The collaboration with world-class laboratories in US and Asia will open new career prospects for the participants.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE · FrascatiCoordinatorItaly
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYCORP · PasadenaUnited States
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
CENTRUM ASTRONOMICZNE IM. MIKOLAJA KOPERNIKA POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK · WarszawaPoland
CLEVER OPERATION · Saint-Genis-PouillyFrance
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · ParisFrance
COSTRUZIONI APPARECCHIATURE ELETTRONICHE NUCLEARI CAEN SPA · ViareggioItaly
EUROPEAN GRAVITATIONAL OBSERVATORY(EGO) (OSSERVATORIO GRAVITAZIONALE EUROPEO) · CascinaItaly
FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE LLC · Batavia IlUnited States
GEORGIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY · TbilisiGeorgia
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE · LondonUnited Kingdom
INNOSEIS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES BV · AmsterdamNetherlands
INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES · BEIJINGChina
INSTITUTO DE FISICA DE ALTAS ENERGIAS · Cerdanyola Del VallesSpain
INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES · TokyoJapan
INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION, HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANISATION · TsukubaJapan
JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LLC · WashingtonUnited States
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · BaltimoreUnited States
KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE · KarlsruheGermany
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · CambridgeUnited States
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO · TOKYOJapan
Nagoya University Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe · NagoyaJapan
ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE · GENEVE 23Switzerland
PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT · VILLIGEN PSISwitzerland
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON · KingstonCanada
SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA · PisaItaly
SMART ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS ANONYMI ETAIREIA · ALEXANDROUPOLISGreece
STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN · UtrechtNetherlands
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN · DresdenGermany
THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG · HONG KONGChina
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA · OaklandUnited States
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH · EdinburghUnited Kingdom
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG · PokfulamHong Kong SAR China
THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL · LIVERPOOLUnited Kingdom
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER · ManchesterUnited Kingdom
THE UNIVERSITY OF OSAKA · OsakaJapan
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · SHEFFIELDUnited Kingdom
TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · Princeton, NjUnited States
UNIVERSITA DI PISA · PisaItaly
UNIVERSITAET BERN · BernSwitzerland
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW · GlasgowUnited Kingdom
UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER · LANCASTERUnited Kingdom

PROBES · Probes of new physics and technological advancements from particle and gravitational wave physics experiments. A cooperative Europe - United States - Asia effort.

Results in brief

Probes of new physics and technological advancements from particle and gravitational wave physics experiments. A cooperative Europe - United States - Asia effort.

Project objective

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