AEC The ITP is part of the Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC), one of largest university groups of scientists working on particle physics in Switzerland.
AEC Visitor program The AEC maintains a visitor program directed towards scientists working in theoretical or experimental high-energy physics and related areas.
Research The research at Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) covers a broad range of topics in particle physics.
Muon g-2 Workshop in Bern The Sixth Plenary Workshop of the Muon g-2 Theory Initiative will be held at the University of Bern from 4th to 8th of September 2023. Report in CERN Courier
Humboldt Prize for Uwe-Jens Wiese Uwe-Jens Wiese has received a Humboldt Research Award to cooperate with scientists at the University of Bonn.
SwissMAP/GeNeZiss Meeting The next SwissMAP/GeNeZiss Meeting aiming to bring together the Swiss String Theory community will take place on May 26 at the University of Bern.
SNF Consolidator Grant for Martin Hoferichter Martin Hoferichter was awarded an SNF Consolidator grant for his project "Searching for physics beyond the standard model in low-energy precision observables”.
Sakurai Prize for Heiri Leutwyler Heiri Leutwyler has been awarded the 2023 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics for his fundamental contributions to the effective field theory of pions at low energies, and for proposing that the gluon is a color octet.
Panda Theory prize for Bai-Long Hoid Bai-Long Hoid has received the Panda Theory PhD Prize 2022 for his doctoral thesis.
Deeper understanding of strong interactions Urs Wenger and collaborators have carried out groundbreaking new simulations of the structure of the pion with the help of the Piz Daint supercomputer.
Hints of lepton flavor universality violations Science Perspective by Martin Hoferichter on recent developments that indicate where the Standard Model may be incomplete.
Eccellenza Fellowship for Valentin Hirschi Valentin Hirschi was awarded an Eccellenza assistant professorship by the SNF to carry out his project "A novel approach to perturbative computations in Quantum Field Theory” at the ITP.
Hans Bebie Hans Bebie, professor emeritus and longtime director of the ITP, has passed way on October 7. An obituary can be found by clicking here.
Strings, Fields and Holograms From October 11 - 15, the International Conference on Strings, Fields and Holograms, co-organized by Susanne Reffert, will take place at the Monte Verità Conference Center in Ascona.
New Muon g-2 Measurement An interview with Martin Hoferichter on the new muon g-2 measurement at Fermilab and his work in the Muon g-2 Theory Initiative.
Physik am Freitag Die Vorträge der Reihe "Physik am Freitag" richten sich an Gymnasiastinnen und Gymnasiasten und die interessierte Öffentlichkeit.