JRG Stefan Hofmann - Particle Physics and the Early Universe

Prof. Dr. Stefan Hofmann
Boltzmannstr. 2
D-85748 Garching

Room 107
tel +49 89 35831-7144
fax +49 89 3299-4002

Research area(s): A, E

Research interests:

Stefan Hofmann and his co-workers focus on research aspects related to particle physics in the early Universe, investigating the nature of dark matter and dark energy in particular.

Current research activities:

• Consistent Deformations of Einstein’s Gravitation Theory at Cosmolological Scales
• Separate Universes and Primordial Black Holes
• Cosmological Structure Building by the Higgs Portal

Group members:

• Dr. Florian Kühnel (Postdoc, +49 89 2180-4599)
• Felix Berkhahn (PhD student, +49 89 2180-4464)
• Michael Kopp (PhD student, +49 89 35831-7166)
• Florian Niedermann (Diploma student, +49 89 2180-4543)
• Robert Schneider (Master student, +49 89 35831-7166)

More information:

http://www.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/cosmology/members/professors/hofmann/index.html

Article on the group in Newsletter 4/2010, p. 4