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HEStaff exchange2023–2026

ASYMMETRY · Essential Asymmetries of Nature

Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2023-01-01 → 2026-12-31
EU contribution
€1,384,600
Participants
22
Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE

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Results in brief

Essential Asymmetries of Nature

The symmetries identified in Nature, explicit or hidden, are at the root of our knowledge in depth of its fundamental laws. Nevertheless, observed asymmetries –departures from that exact pattern-are at the very heart of its beauty and of the explanation of how the visible Universe came to be, and what we are made of. Well known examples include the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe and the violation of parity and charge conjugation observed in particle physics. ASYMMETRY focuses on the deep understanding of those asymmetries and also on revealing the new fundamental (a)symmetries yet to be discovered in the invisible or elusive sector, made of dark matter and neutrinos. The team is strongly focused on this quest within a multidisciplinary approach: leading an ambitious experimental program in neutrino physics (SuperKamiokande) and in dark matter searches (XENON), as well as a theoretical program that aims at connecting the asymmetries known and those to be discovered with the big open questions in our understanding of the Universe. This endeavor requires collaboration across continents that can bring complementary expertise. The consortium consists of 7 academic institutions from 4 EU Member States and 2 more from Switzerland and UK, as well as 11 world-leading scientific institutions in US, Japan and Brasil. 301 person-months visits of researchers from Europe to US (Fermilab, MIT, San Diego, LBNL Berkeley), Japan (UTokyo) and Brasil (USao Paolo) are planned. 45 person-months visits of researchers from Third Country Partners (IPM Iran), EAIFR in Afria and Peru (PUCP) complete our secondment plan. The project involves close to hundred experienced researchers and about 50 PhD students. The collaboration and interaction among the research teams will be further reinforced through the ASYMMETRY Virtual Institute, and an annual workshop.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

The symmetries identified in Nature, explicit or hidden, are at the root of our knowledge in depth of its fundamental laws. Nevertheless, observed asymmetries –departures from that exact pattern-- are at the very heart of its beauty and of the explanation of how the visible Universe came to be, and what we are made of. Well known examples include the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe and the violation of parity and charge conjugation observed in particle physics. ASYMMETRY focuses on the deep understanding of those asymmetries and also on revealing the new fundamental (a)symmetries yet to be discovered to explain major open questions, and the particles on which they act, in particular in the invisible sector, made of neutrinos, dark matter, possibly axions and other elusive particles. The team is strongly focused on this quest within a multidisciplinary approach: mainly phenomenological studies although we bundle in leadership on key experiments such as SuperKamiokande, GERDA, XENON and key laboratories such as Fermilab, DESY and LBNL.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA · ValenciaCoordinatorSpain
  • AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · MadridSpain
  • ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA · BolognaItaly
  • CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
  • COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · ParisFrance
  • DEUTSCHES ELEKTRONEN-SYNCHROTRON DESY · HamburgGermany
  • East African Institute for Fundamental Research · KigaliRwanda
  • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory · BataviaUnited States
  • INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES (IPM) · TEHRANIran
  • ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE · FrascatiItaly
  • MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · CambridgeUnited States
  • NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO · TOKYOJapan
  • ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE · GENEVE 23Switzerland
  • PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU · LimaPeru
  • THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA · OaklandUnited States
  • UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID · MadridSpain
  • UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO · SAO PAULO SPBrazil
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA · PadovaItaly
  • UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA · BarcelonaSpain
  • UNIVERSITAT ZURICH · ZurichSwitzerland
  • UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY · Gif-Sur-YvetteFrance
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · SOUTHAMPTONUnited Kingdom

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union