High energy physics involves the study of the fundamental building blocks of nature at the shortest distances. These are the fundamental particles that are described by quantum fields such as the Higgs field found at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Our group studies theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics both from theoretical and phenomenological perspectives.
For our latest developments/activities in this area, please see the listing below.
Space-Time Approach to Quantum Electrodynamics
R. P. Feynman
Phys. Rev. 76 (1949) 769
An international team of scientists led by the University of Aveiro and the Galician Institute for High Energy Physics shows, in a paper published in Physical
Stellar Compact object mergers are not only important sources of gravitational waves but also central engines that power electromagnetic transients and r-processes, if matter is involved. I will review recent progress modeling the merger of black hole-neutron star and neutron stars binaries highlighting state-of-the-art general relativistic hydrodynamic simulations.
Quantum gravitational effects in the near-horizon region of a black hole may drastically change the classical desc
Renormalizable Lagrangians for massive Yang-Mills fields
G. 't Hooft
Nucl. Phys. B 35 (1971) 167-188