The Deep Underground PHYsics GDR
We wish to pool our expertise to reinforce relations between theory and experiment, to develop new synergies and collaborations between research teams. The GDR DUPhy missions will be to facilitate the development and access of new players to European underground platforms (e.g. LSM, LNGS, LSC and BUL), to provide visibility for the French underground physics community, to favour the emergence of common projects, to promote the young generation of researchers working in the field, and to reflect on the needs of future experiments in this area.
Scientific context
Despite the important theoretical and experimental success of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, there are strong indications that it is not the ultimate theory but needs to be extended in order to account for a certain number of shortcomings. In addition to weaknesses which are of theoretical nature, there are two major arguments for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM): how to explain the presence of Dark Matter in the Universe and the non-zero neutrino mass?
Structure & Work Package
WP1
Rare-event physics
WP2
Low radioactivity techniques
WP3
Detection of rare-events
WP4
Simulation & Analysis
WP5
Future experiments
Portfolio
