Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology - CP3

BAC3 students CERN trip As it has been the case since more than 10 years, Ph.D. students in high energy particle physics from CP3 brought the future physicist generation at CERN in the context of their first lecture in particle physics. In March, students in their third year in physics had indeed a unique opportunity to visit CERN and the various experiments done there. Follow the link for more details. Read more... The whole Universe pictured by the Planck satellite at an unprecedented resolution The anisotropies of the Cosmic microwave background (CMB) as observed by Planck. The CMB is a snapshot of the oldest light in our Universe, imprinted on the sky when the Universe was just 380 000 years old. It shows tiny temperature fluctuations that correspond to regions of slightly different densities, representing the seeds of all future structure: the stars and galaxies of today. Read more...

The Physics Department at UCLouvain has been involved for a number of decades in high energy particle physics research, equally strongly on the experimental and instrumental fronts as on the theoretical one. In spite of being located in physically distinct places, all these activities are now brought together within a common organisational structure, the Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3). This structure reinforces the collaboration of these varied components and competences in the physics of the fundamental interactions and the elementary particles.