NewFunFiCO meeting on Compact Objects, Shadows, and Gravitational Waves 2025
A meeting of the NewFunFiCO network will take place in Valencia, from 20-22 May 2025. More information can be found here.
High Energy Physics
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.
Latest High Energy Physics News & Events
Visits of Luis Crispino and Kunihito Uzawa
In the last week of January 2025 we received the visits of Profs. Luis Carlos Crispino and Kunihito Uzawa. Great to have you here!
Celebration dinner
On January 29th the group got together to celebrate the new position, as assistant professor of António Morais, at the U. Minho, and the Ph.D. thesis of Nuno M. Santos. Congratulations to both!
CIDMA meeting 2025
The CIDMA meetin 2025 took place on January 20th 2025. Our group contributed with two presentations by C. Herdeiro and R. Luna. The meeting webpage can be found here.
Kobra: a Vlasov Code with AMR
Speaker
Sebastian Konewko (Gent University)
Event date
Venue
Hybrid: Sala Sousa Pinto and Zoom
Event type
Plasmas in fusion reactors are highly prone to instabilities. Edge-localized modes (ELMs) occurring at the scrape-off layer (SOL) are instabilities that are responsible for large energy losses in the plasma core and present large potential for damage to the plasma-facing components.