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Prof Dr Thomas Gehrmann
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Research
My research area is the theory of elementary particles.
All currently available data from high energy collider experiments are described successfully by the so-called Standard Model of particle physics - the theories of electroweak and strong interactions (quantum chromodynamics, QCD).
The Standard Model is however theoretically incomplete, and can therefore considered to be valid only in a limited range of energies. The experimental search for small deviations from this theory requires very precise predictions for observables within the Standard Model.
My research group focuses on precision calculations for collider observables within the Standard Model and its possible extensions. Those calculations rely heavily on the application and further development of numerical and analytical methods on high performance supercomputers.