NExT Institute

Welcome to SHEP, the Southampton High Energy Physics theory group in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southampton.

Particle physicists study the most elementary constituents of matter, the basic forces of nature by which they interact, and their role in the early Universe. They rely on experiments ranging from huge particle accelerators, to deep underground laboratories, to orbiting satellites, to particle simulations using the most powerful computers. The next generation of such experiments is poised to unlock some of the deepest questions such as why is the Universe so large, how did it begin and how will it end? What is the nature of dark matter and structure in the Universe? What is the origin of particle masses? Can the forces of nature be unified? Are there extra space dimensions? Why are there three families of matter particles? Can the equations describing the strong interaction be cracked?

News

• Two year Post-Doctoral position in Collider Phenomenology now available for start in October 2012
• New Scientist article on the ESF HoloGrav network coordinated by Nick Evans
• Microcosm meets macrocosm: report by Steve King on PASCOS2010 in the CERN Courier
• The NExT Institute (New connections between Experiment and Theory), a Southampton/RAL/RHUL/Sussex joint venture: read more here.
• The Newtonian Legacy: free popular science novel by Nick Evans (reported in THES)
• The History of the Universe: from the Big Bang to the Standard Model and beyond. Animated presentation suitable for both pre and post 16 years. Download a zip file [25Mb] and follow the included instructions, or ask us for a copy on CD.
• SHEP news: grants and more

SHEP Information

• Our research
• People: staff, postdocs, PhD students and visitors.
• PhD: postgraduate study with us
• NExT PhD School
• Funding opportunities for postdocs and visitors
• Preprints
• Computing help: mostly unix, contributed by JHE (local access only)
• Seminars and talks: Friday Seminars, Thursday Seminars, Journal Club
• Conferences and meetings held or organised here:
  Particle Physics Masterclass (for schools), every year
  Tools 2010, June/July 2010
  Meeting to celebrate Chris Sachrajda's 60th birthday, 14-15 December 2009
  UK Neutrino Network Meeting, February 2009
  New Ideas on Hadronisation, May 2008
  Electroweak Radiative Corrections to Hadronic Observables at TeV energies, September 2003
  Effective Theories, Renormalisation & Matching, EU IHP Network meeting, January 2002
  IoP HEPP Meeting April 2001
  String Phenomenology and Neutrinos one day meeting, March 2001
  Exact Renormalisation Group 2, September 2000
  Heavy Flavours 8, July 1999
• Archive of news articles and other material from the group.
• Help your child with science topics in the National Curriculum
• How to find us

High Energy Physics Resources

• Eprint archives: Form interface at uk.arxiv.org [mirror of arxiv.org]
• Hepdata. Durham-RAL databases
• SLAC Spires databases [mirror of US site]
• High energy physics home pages
• More HEP resources