GGI Lectures on the Theory of Fundamental Interactions 2027

Abstract

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

• Brando BELLAZZINI (IPhT Saclay)
  Causality and positivity
• David E. KAPLAN (Johns Hopkins U.)
  How Well Do We Know the Laws of Physics? Opportunities for Discovery Beyond the Standard Model Paradigm
• Dam Thanh SON (U. Chicago)
  Low-energy effective field theories
• Jessica TURNER (Durham U.)
  Neutrinos: theory and phenomenology
• Alessandro VICINI (Milan U.)
  Modern computational techniques and precision physics

Schedule

• 1st week: Bellazzini & Kaplan
• 2nd week: Turner & Vicini
• 3rd week: Son & Vicini

Applications are open!

Applicants should fill the “Registration form” linked from this page. The deadline is November 6, 2026.

All applicants will be informed a few weeks after. The accepted ones will also receive information about lodging and financial support (see below), as well as an invitation letter (e.g. for visa purposes, if needed).

The courses begin on Monday January 11, 2027 in the morning. Students are expected to arrive in Florence on the previous evening. The school will end on Friday January 29 in the afternoon.

Organization

All the students are required to attend all the lectures for all the three weeks. Attending only one or two weeks, or a selection of the courses, is strongly discouraged and disqualifies from receiving the certificate of attendance, lodging and support. There will be a signature sheet to be filled daily.

Students will be provided with a desk in shared offices at GGI, as well as standard facilities (wifi, printers, journal access…).

Meals

A buffet lunch during the weekdays is provided on the GGI premises for students and lecturers, at no cost.

Accommodation

The school offers a no-frills accommodation option in the form of a limited number of beds in nearby hotels or apartment complexes, at a price much lower than the open market. If you are not at ease with these conditions, you can reserve accommodation on your own. If instead you are interested in this option, please mark “Yes” at the relevant question in the application form.

The cost of this accommodation solution is about 800 euros per student, for the whole 3 week period.

Financial support

The school can directly cover the cost of the accommodation mentioned above for a limited number of selected applicants.

If you want to apply for the support above, please mark “Yes” at the relevant question in the application form. Note that the School can not provide support in a form different from covering the provided accommodation.

Other costs

The school is free, there is no registration fee.

The school will not reimburse students for their travel expenses from/to their home institutions, nor for the local transportation. The GGI can be reached on foot from downtown in about 25 minutes.