In brief

The Centre of Excellence (CoE) combines local Estonian competence in theoretical and experimental particle physics, in cosmology and in high-performance computing to carry out systematic interdisciplinary research of Dark Matter (DM) of the Universe. The aim is to search for the DM in terrestrial and satellite based experiments, to explain the origin and properties of DM and to analyze the implications of those results on particle physics and on cosmology. This research involves participation in 4 major international collaborations, the LHC CMS at CERN, Planck mission of the ESA, EGI and WLCG. The CoE develops Grid and Cloud computing in collaboration with Estonian info-technology companies and Enterprise Estonia. The CoE members teach and supervise PhD and MSc students in the University of Tartu, organize summer schools and train high-school physics teachers at CERN, and promote science via popularization in written and electronic media.

Partners

The partners of CoE are the Lab of High Energy and Computational Physics at NICPB in Tallinn and the Department of Cosmology at Tartu Observatory at Tõravere.

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