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  • 26 January 2026
    The UCLouvain rectoral council visits CERN
     At the beginning of this year, the entire rectoral team went on a multi-day work retreat at CERN.
  • 3 December 2025
    MadGraph5_aMC@NLO Reaches 10,000 Citations
    In 2012, two major teams in particle physics simulation joined forces: the MadGraph5 team, known for its ability to simulate any Standard Model (SM) or Beyond Standard Model (BSM) process at
  • 4 December 2025
    Anna Benecke selected as FNRS Chercheuse Qualifiée
    We are proud to announce that Anna Benecke, a member of CP3 since 2021, has been selected by the FNRS as Chercheuse Qualifiée (a permanent research position within the FNRS).
  • 13 November 2025
    What if the big bang was hotter than expected ?
    Researchers from UCLouvain, in collaboration with Caltech (United States) and the Max Planck Institute for Physics (Germany), have just proposed a new way to tell the story of the universe’s beginnings. Their model challenges the idea of a cold and empty Big Bang: according to them, the universe was “hot” from its very first fractions of a second thanks to a particle called the axion.
  • 27 February 2025
    Discovery of an ultra-high-energy particle (neutrino)
    Every second, trillions of neutrinos pass through each of us. These extremely abundant particles give astrophysicists a new lens to better understand our cosmos.
The UCLouvain Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3) hosts research on high energy particle physics, cosmology, phenomenology and theory of the fundamental interactions. It is strong on both the experimental and theoretical fronts. The aim of the Centre is to bring together researchers in these scientific fields and to encourage collaboration. You'll find below links to the details of our main research directions and the related projects.

Research directions:

CP3 - Agenda

Upcoming events

Connecting Leptogenesis to Observables: From Collider Searches for Right-Handed Neutrinos to Gravitational Waves
Tuesday 9th June, 1:00 pm
[link]
NNLO EW correction to low-energy electron-electron scattering
Tuesday 16th June, 1:00 pm
[link]
CP3 Seminar - Jasper Roosmale-Nepveu
Tuesday 23rd June, 1:00 pm
[link]
CP3 - Preprints

Latest preprints

RPC Telescope Tests for Muon Detection at Laser-Plasma Accelerators
Sumaira Ikram, Maxime Lagrange, Donya Ahmadi, Anna Cimmino, Eduardo Cortina Gil, Pavel Demin, Andrea Giammanco, Ela Rockafellow, Jaron E. Shrock, A. J. Sloss, H. M. Milchberg, Michael Tytgat, Roberto Versaci
[Abstract] [PDF]
Technical report
Public experimental note. May 14.

Investigation of Muography for CO2 plume detection and monitoring in geological formations: A feasibility study
Hamid Basiri, Jun Matsushima, Masashi Kodama, Toshiyuki Yokota, Mohammed Y. Ali, Fateh Bouchaala, Ahmed Eleslambouly, Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka, Eduardo Cortina Gil, Andrea Giammanco
[Full text]
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Volume 154, July 2026, 104683
Refereed paper. May 13.

New Physics Reach through Precision at Future Colliders: a Multi-Pronged Approach
Armadillo, Tommaso and Celada, Eugenia and ter Hoeve, Jaco and Maltoni, Fabio and Mantani, Luca and Rojo, Juan and Rossia, Alejo N. and Tentori, Simone and Thomas, Marion O. A. and Vryonidou, Eleni
[Abstract] [PDF]
Refereed paper. April 21.

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