Institut für Theoretische Physik

Theoretical Particle Physics - Particle Phenomenology

Recent News, older Hightlights


  • Nov 26: it's official, I am a DIVA, looking forward to stays at IPPP Durham and Sussex
  • Aug 26: new preprint on phase-space augmentation for sampler training (external link)
  • Jul 26: congrats to Timo for the award of an independent AI research group grant (external link) (press release)
  • Jun 26: new preprint on reweighting non-perturbative models (external link)
  • Jun 26: new preprint on heavy-flavour jet angularities (external link)
  • Mar 26: invited overview talk at DPG spring meeting (external link)
  • Feb 26: new preprint on History Matching for hadronisation model calibration (external link)
  • Sep 25: JHEP paper on Normalizing Flow integration for NNLO QCD calculations (external link)
  • Sep 25: Konrad, Timo and (former member) Enrico presenting at ACAT25 (external link)
  • Sep 25: delighted to contribute SM lectures to the HEP Herbstschule (external link) 

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  • Oct 24: 5 years of work wrapped up - Sherpa-3 paper out (external link)
  • Sep 24: Max successfully defended his PhD thesis, congrats Dr. Knobbe
  • Mar 24: 3 joint publications with H1 HERA collaboration (external link)
  • Mar 24: PDRA Timo Janßen starts CIDAS fellowship (external link)
  • Jul 23: congrats to Timo Janßen who successfully defended his PhD thesis
  • Mar 23: BMBF ErUM-Data collaborative project KISS gets funded (press release)
  • Aug 22: latest Sherpa paper reached 500 citations (inspire)
  • Jun 22: Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Reichelt for the Born-Franck Dissertation award 2022 (external link)
  • Oct 21: congratulations to Daniel Reichelt who successfully completed his PhD, now PDRA at IPPP Durham/UK
  • Aug 21: GoeGrid compute cluster extension -- funded through DFG -- installed and operational
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  • Mar 21: PSR21 online conference, May 25-27th, jointly organised with IPPP Durham (external link)
  • Nov 20: jDPG Podiumsdiskussion mit Prof. Majer (Phil. Seminar UGOE): 
          "Die Zeit in der Physik und Philosophie" (Video Aufzeichnung)
  • Sep 19: new Sherpa paper published in SciPost (external link)
  • Jun 19: upcoming Fulbright-Cottrell Junior Faculty workshop in Göttingen (external link)
  • Apr 19: PhD student Daniel Reichelt won Fulbright fellowship joining FNAL theory group
  • Sep 18: pupil research project scores 1st place in "Jugend Forscht" regional competition (external link)
  • Feb 18: DAAD P.R.I.M.E. fellow Dr. Vincent Theeuwes joins our group (Pressemitteilung)
  • Dec 17: Dr. Berliner-Dr. Ungewitter PhD Thesis Award for our former group member Dr. Enrico Bothmann (Pressemitteilung)
  • Jun 17: Fulbright-Cottrell Award for Prof. Steffen Schumann (Pressemitteilung)

Research

Our group is active in the field of theoretical particle physics and in particular particle-physics phenomenology at high-energy colliders such as the LHC. We develop theoretical methods and tools to predict the outcome of collision experiments in the framework of the Standard Model or New Physics extensions of it. A recent focus is on the application of novel Machine Learning techniques to enhance efficiency of phase-space integrators and unweighting algorithms. We are invested in the design of strategies for precision studies of QCD and Electroweak phenomena. We are involved in the Sherpa Monte Carlo project, a multi-purpose event generator for the LHC.

Publications

A list of publications from members of the phenomenology group can be found here.

Open Positions and Theses Topics

Our group is regularly looking for new members. We offer bachelor and master as well as PhD theses. Please contact the group leader Prof. Steffen Schumann for further information.