Probing Fundamental Physics and the Early Universe by Detecting Gravitational Waves
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute (AEI)
Particle physics is the science which identifies nature's constituents and interactions at the most fundamental level, with an emphasis on comparing theoretical ideas with both terrestrial experiments and astrophysical observations. This mandate gives it a strong overlap with string theory, quantum gravity and cosmology. Particle physicists at Perimeter Institute are currently involved in identifying how cosmological observations and terrestrial accelerator and underground experiments constrain the theoretical possibilities for physics beyond the Standard Model.
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute (AEI)
Krishna Rajagopal Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Physics
William Zajc Columbia University
Manoj Kaplinghat University of California, Irvine
Viatcheslav Mukhanov Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitiät München (LMU)
Yanwen Shang Citigroup Incorporated
Arttu Rajantie Imperial College London
Jonathan Heckman Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
Aaron Berndsen Simon Fraser University (SFU)
David Morrissey TRIUMF (Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics)