Prof. Dr. Riccardo Barbieri

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsElementary Particle Physics,Theoretical Physics
KeywordsElectroweak, Symmetry, Breaking

Current contact address

CountryItaly
CityPisa
InstitutionScuola Normale Superiore
InstituteClasse di Scienze

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Arthur HebeckerInstitut für Theoretische Physik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Christof WetterichInstitut für Theoretische Physik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2006

Programme(s)

2005Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Riccardo Baribieri is a world expert in Theoretical Particle Physics. His many outstanding contributions span an unusual wide range of topics. A recurring theme of his work is the origin of the Higgs mass scale, which is believed to underlie all measured elementary particle masses. According to one of his most recent seminal papers, Higgs mass and supersymmetry breaking scale are set by the size of an extra dimension of space. Professor Baribieri will further pursue such ground -breaking ideas and their experimental and cosmological implications during his stay in Heidelberg.