Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics

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The Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP) is a research network funded by the Helmholtz Association . HAP intends to significantly promote the young and interdisciplinary research field of astroparticle physics at the interface of astrophysics , particle physics , astronomy and cosmology . In addition to the Helmholtz centers KIT and DESY, HAP unites a total of 15 German universities and three Max Planck institutes as well as three other external partners to form an internationally visible consortium. Coordinated by KIT, HAP became active in summer 2011.

description

Astroparticle physics is a young, interdisciplinary research field at the intersection of elementary particle physics , astrophysics , astronomy and cosmology . The Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics wants to fertilize this dynamic field and advance it scientifically and structurally. The alliance aims to advance the entire field of astroparticle physics, but focuses on the following four research topics, which will be worked on together in eight work packages.

1. Astroparticle theory is a 'horizontal' topic that creates a strong network within the Alliance. HAP aims to achieve a detailed and coherent description of the propagation and measurement of cosmic particles , which is a key for the astrophysical interpretation of observational data. The cosmic accelerators themselves are the focus of the second work package. The third package deals with the effects of dark matter and its possible annihilation radiation.
2. The non-thermal universe is a broad field in which HAP bundles the competencies of the alliance partners in three work packages. Multi-messenger astroparticle physics deals with the joint analysis of observations of protons or heavy nuclei, gamma rays and neutrinos . A better understanding of the composition and interaction of cosmic rays is just as necessary for this as the New Detectors and Future Challenges package for preparing for major new projects.
3. The dark universe is made up of dark matter and the so-called dark energy , with which the as yet incomprehensible accelerated expansion of the universe is described. More concrete are the gravitational effects of dark matter, the nature of which we want to track down in the work packages Analysis of the Search for Dark Matter and Key Technologies for the next generation of DM experiments .
4. The highly specialized technologies that are used in work packages are each described there in their context and only briefly presented together. However, this sector will be given the same visibility as the other three research topics and efforts will be dedicated to utilize the diverse technological synergies within the alliance.

Alliance partner

The alliance partners of the Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics are

• the Helmholtz centers KIT and DESY ,
• the 15 German universities: Aachen , Berlin (HU) , Bonn , Dortmund (TU) , Dresden (TU) , Erlangen-Nuremberg , Hamburg , Mainz , Münster , Munich (TU) , Potsdam , Siegen , Tübingen , Würzburg and Wuppertal ,
• and the following associated partners:
  • the three Max Planck Institutes : MPIK Heidelberg , MPP Munich and MPE Garching ,
  • the Laboratoire APC - AstroParticule et Cosmologie (CNRS / IN2P3, Paris, France)
  • the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics - KICP ( University of Chicago , USA),
  • and the Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas - ITeDA (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

The alliance will include a total of around 100 scientists and 90 doctoral students.

Web links

• Official website
• Official blog

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aspera - An interview with Prof. Dr. Blümmer, scientific spokesperson of HAP ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Hermann, News of the Helmholtz Association - Helmholtz Alliances Astroparticle Physics and DLR @ Uni ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Publication in Phys. Rev. D 84, 095007 (2011) , compare http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.6229
4. ↑ HAP scientists of the IceCube collaboration published in Nature 04/29/2012
5. ↑ KIT press release 133/2011
6. ↑ Uni Tübingen press release - University of Tübingen deputy coordinator in the Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Uni Erlangen-Nürnberg press release - Unraveling the universe