Unipi Team Leader: Prof. Simone Donati, Dip. Di Fisica
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.
Coordinator:
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE, Italy
Participants:
- COSTRUZIONI APPARECCHIATURE ELETTRONICHE NUCLEARI CAEN SPA, Italy
- EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH, Switzerland
- CLEVER OPERATION, France
- UNIVERSITAET BERN, Switzerland
- PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, Switzerland
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, United Kingdom
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, France
- GEORGIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Georgia
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN, Germany
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, United Kingdom
- COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, France
- UNIVERSITA DI PISA, Italy
- EUROPEAN GRAVITATIONAL OBSERVATORY(EGO) (OSSERVATORIO GRAVITAZIO NALEEUROPEO), Italy
- INSTITUTO DE FISICA DE ALTAS ENERGIAS, Spain
- CENTRUM ASTRONOMICZNE IM. MIKOLAJAKOPERNIKA POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK, Poland
- STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN, Netherlands
- KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, Germany
Partners:
- FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE LLC, United States
- INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION, HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANISATION, Japan
- JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LLC, United States
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYCORP, United States
- MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, United States
- NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION THEUNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, Japan
- THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, United States
- INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, China
- THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, Hong Kong
Start date 1 March 2022
End date 28 February 2026
Project cost 2 079 200 €
Project funding 2 079 200 €
Unipi quota 115 000 €
Call title H2020-MSCA-RISE-2020
Unipi role Participant