Particle Physics group 

The Particle Physics group at the University of Antwerp has a long and outstanding tradition in experimental and phenomenological research concerning particle collisions as conducted by the largest particle accelerators in the world. Our research focuses on the study of quantumchromodynamics, the search for Higgs boson and the search for extra dimensions of space.

The Particle Physics group participates in two large international experimental collaborations:

• The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and most powerfull particle accelerator in the world. The LHC is situated at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland.
  
  
• The H1 experiment, one of the big experiments taking data with colliding positron-proton beams at HERA. HERA is one of the facilities at the German national laboratory for elementary particle physics DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) in Hamburg, Germany.