GGI lectures on the theory of fundamental interactions

12-30 January 2026

Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics Firenze

The lectures are primarily addressed to Ph.D. students in High Energy Particle and Astroparticle Physics. The aim of the school is to give a pedagogical introduction to the basic concepts and tools needed for research, covering the foundations of the subject at a deep and advanced level. The main topics include the Standard Model of Particle Physics and its extensions, Collider Physics, Quantum Field Theory and Cosmology.

Lecturers and topics

Diego Blas (IFAE Barcelona) Quantum sensing for fundamental physics

Nathaniel Craig (UC Santa Barbara) The generalized 't Hooft paradigm

Joan Elias Miró (ICTP Trieste) S-matrix bootstrap

Shirley Li (UC Irvine) Neutrinos in the '20s

Geraldine Servant (DESY) BSM in the Early Universe

Jesse Thaler (MIT) Machine Learning for fundamental physics

Application form (deadline: November 7th, 2025)

Application form can be found on the GGI webpage

https://www.ggi.infn.it/showevent.pl?id=550

Organizers

ANGELO ESPOSITO (Roma Sapienza U. & INFN)
ROBERTO FRANCESCHINI (Roma Tre U. & INFN)
DIEGO REDIGOLO (INFN, Firenze)
GIULIA RICCIARDI (Napoli Federico II U. & INFN)
FILIPPO SALA (Bologna U. & INFN)
ANDREA TESI (INFN, Firenze)