Physics of the universe

In GIANT, hundreds of persons conduct particle physics studies; they push back the boundaries of our knowledge and address some of the major myseries in the field of physics.

A few examples of research:

• the origin of the mass of elementary particles
• the unification of forces
• black holes
• the origin of matter-antimatter symmetry
• baryonic dark matter and dark energy
• scenarios on star formation
• the origin of planets and life.

Interferometer with an angular resolution of 10-9, used to check mass-energy equivalence (E=mc²) at ILL. Copyright ILL/ Artechnique