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We aim to address fundamental questions left unanswered by the Standard Model of particle physics: What are the dark matter particles of the Universe? Why does our world consist almost entirely of matter and not of anti-matter? Why is the mass of the weak force carriers so much smaller than the scale of gravity? These are several of many indications that there has to be new physics beyond the Standard Model. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), operating at record-breaking energies, together with a host of astroparticle observatories, will teach us much in this regard.

Our research focuses on the phenomenology of such new particles and interactions, with particular emphasis on novel theoretical ideas and experimental signals at the LHC and other experiments. We study new ideas for the exploration of dark matter, proposing new theories of its particle identity, as well as novel experimental avenues to detect it on earth. Furthermore, we are extensively interested in non-standard theories of new physics and in the identification of exotic experimental signatures that have been overlooked, towards the goal of identifying the fundamental constituents of Nature.

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Theory

We are theorists: We think of new theories -- new particles and interactions -- that address the unanswered questions of the Standard Model of particle physics.
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Experiment

We are phenomenologists: The type of theoretical research we do is always in close contact with data. If we propose a new theory, it should be testable in an experiment -- we want it discovered or falsified.
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Interplay

When data is released from the multitude of experiments currently operating -- be it high energy colliders such as the LHC, or low energy machines, or dark matter detection experiments -- we help interpret the data to learn its implications for particle theories. We also propose new search strategies and even new experiments to search for novel theoretical particles and interactions that have gone under the community's radar.