Beyond the Standard Model

UT’s particle physics faculty design new tools and refine scientific approaches to look for physics beyond what we already know.

With studies like those at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s “Neutrino Alley,” contributions to the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN, and the search for neutron transformations and mirror matter, our faculty develop and deploy instruments to find signatures for what the Standard Model of Physics can’t explain: dark matter and new, exotic particles and physics. They also apply their expertise to developing machine learning and quantum algorithms to help solve complex problems.

With key roles in collaborations across the world, particle physicists at UT are part of a dynamic community working to uncover the most fundamental mysteries of the Universe.