Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2013-12-31

With this application we seek for the funds to invite world-leading experts as keynote speakers to the 11th International Conference on Low Energy Antiproton Physics (LEAP2013). This biennial event has ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2022-12-31

During the 1960's, the first observations were made of ultra high energy (UHE) charged particles arriving from space. These particles, known as cosmic rays, began a pursuit to discover which astronomical ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-12-01 till 2022-12-31

The nuclear data needs for Gen-IV systems are eminent. In order to ensure a safe and efficient reactor operation, fast-neutron induced data are needed. Fissions Yields (FY) are a major source of uncertainties ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2009-07-01 till 2014-06-30

Techniques and instrumentation will be developed for applying quantitative tomographic measurements in nuclear fuel diagnostics. In this application, extremely high radiation levels are encountered and ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2022-12-31

This project will study analytically conformal field theories in space-time dimensions greater than two. The approach that will be used goes under the name of conformal bootstrap and does not rely on a ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 2023-12-31

Gauge and gravity theories seem to possess completely different properties. However, over the past decades, theoretical physicists have discovered deep and unexpected relations between the two. A first ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2016-12-31

Large international research efforts are made on Gen IV nuclear energy systems for providing long-term sustainable energy production with low carbon emission. In France, world?s first prototype GenIV sodium-cooled ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

This application has a two-fold purpose: a grant to cover 50% of my salary allowing me to continue research within the IceCube project and to participate in the design and development of an IceCube extension ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2014-12-31

IceCube is a high energy neutrino detector in operation at the South Pole, designed to search for high-energy neutrino emission from cosmic objects. Candidates expected to emit neutrinos above TeV energies ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 2021-12-31

The LHC was built to answer open questions in the frontier of science. After five years of successful operation and the discovery of the Higgs boson there are still questions to answer. The standard model ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-12-01 till 2020-12-31

Generation IV reactor concepts may contribute to improved sustainability of nuclear power. However, due to the early stage of development, the knowledge on the behavior of their fuel upon irradiation is ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

The FAIR facility is under construction in Darmstadt, Germany. It attracts the vast majority of research groups in Nuclear and Hadron Physics in Sweden as well a part of the Atomic and Accelerator Physics ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-11-01 till 2021-12-31

There are several experimental signs of that the current Standard Model (SM) of Particle Physics is incomplete and needs to be replaced by a more general theory. To enable the search for new particles, ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2016-12-31

The results of the coming run of LHC will determine the future of high-energy physics and the need for future high-energy particle accelerators. If the need for very high-energy electron-positron accelerators ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2022-12-31

We apply for the Swedish contribution to M&O costs for IceCube for the years 2019 -2023. The application is a continuation of the operations grant VR 821-2013-1673. The annual contribution rate has been ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2018-12-31

We apply for the Swedish contribution to M&O costs for IceCube for the coming 5 years. The application is a continuation of the operations grant 821-2010-6026. The annual contribution rate has been ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2011-01-01 till 2013-12-31

IceCube is a cubic kilometer neutrino telescope under construction in the clear glacier ice at the South Pole, designed to detect high energy neutrino radiation from cosmic sources. Neutrino emission is ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2015-12-31

The structure of strongly interacting particles and their interaction at low and intermediate energies are the subject of hadron physics. Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD) is the accepted field theory describing ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2024-12-31

Gauge theories describe the fundamental subnuclear forces; in work by the applicant and collaborators this class of theories was shown to possess a deep mathematical structure that correlates spacetime ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

The framework of string compactifications is of undisputed importance to connect string theory to the physics of our world, and has promoted progress in fields ranging from quantum gravity and cosmology ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2013-12-31

The FAIR facility to be constructed in Darmstadt, Germany, attracts the majority of the Swedish research groups active in Nuclear and Hadron Physics as well as a sizeable part of the Atomic and Accelerator ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2014-12-31

The FAIR facility to be constructed in Darmstadt, Germany, attracts the majority of the Swedish research groups active in Nuclear and Hadron Physics as well as a sizeable part of the Atomic and Accelerator ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 2023-12-31

A quantitatively reliable and not only qualitative understanding of the structure of matter at all length scales is one of the fundamental goals of physics research. This application addresses the femtometer ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2015-12-31

The project concerns major unsolved problems in particle physics: (1) New physics beyond the Standard Model, especially Higgs particles and supersymmetry (SUSY). (2) Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), especially ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

The FAIR facility is under construction in Darmstadt, Germany. It attracts the vast majority of research groups in Nuclear and Hadron Physics in Sweden as well a part of the Atomic and Accelerator Physics ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2019-12-31

In the last decade many important experimental measurements has led to a better knowledge of how universe has developed from Big Bang to what we observe today with our telescopes. Studies of eg supernovae ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

The Uppsala Experimental Hadron Physics group is involved in studies of the electromagnetic structure of hadrons at the BESIII experiment in Beijing, China, for which ground breaking results will be produced ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2016-12-31

Proteins are the workhorses of all living cells, they participate in all metabolic activities. The biological function of a protein is intimately linked to its shape, and the protein folding problem addresses ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

We use the latest experimental advances in nuclear mass measurement techniques to study phenomena in nuclear dynamics on the attosecond timescale, in particular the open question for mechanisms that generate ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

The proposed project will involve research in strongly coupled supersymmetric gauge theories with a large number of colors.  It will use localization and holography to study the relationships between the ...