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21.11.2016

New DFG Special Research Area: Neutrinos and Dark Matter

Neutrinos and dark matter are at the center of research of a new Special Research Area (Sonderforschungsbereich, SFB) of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The speaker of the SFB is Elisa Resconi, Professor for Experimental Physics with Cosmic Particles at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

The new SFB 1258 "Neutrinos and Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics" (NDM) is aiming at exploring the nature of neutrinos and dark matter. Neutrinos are the most common matter particles in the universe. But how do these neutral particles contribute to cosmic dynamics on galactic and even larger scales?

The question is also whether neutrinos are their own antiparticles and whether they have sterile partners. The answer to these questions could clarify why our world was created with more matter than antimatter.

The new SFB will be closely linked to the research of the Excellence Cluster "Origin and Structure of the Universe". Elisa Resconi is also strongly involved in the international IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which investigates cosmic neutrinos in the ice of the South Pole.

The Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP), Astrophysics (MPA), and Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Institute for High Energy Physics (HEPHY) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences are also involved in the project.

The SFB will be funded with around eleven million euros in the coming years. The DFG's SFB are among the most important research funding programs in Germany. They enable challenging, interdisciplinary and long-term research projects. The funding period is initially four years, and a total of twelve years can be funded.

The members of the new SFB "Neutrinos and Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics" (Photo: TUM)


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