PhD School
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- Villigen
Physics at fundamental Symmetries and Interactions PSI2022
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Gabriel Cuomo receives the CHIPP Prize 2021
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Recent Results from LHCb Challenge Leading Theory in Physics
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- Report
CHIPP Roadmap
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Two dark matter detector heavyweights join forces to build new observatory
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Leading Xenon Researchers unite to build next-generation Dark Matter Detector
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The Swiss Institute of Particle Physics (CHIPP) is the bottom-up organisation of Swiss particle and astroparticle physics researchers in Switzerland as a legal entity of Swiss law. CHIPP is tasked with coordinating the national efforts in the realm of particle and astroparticle physics.
This is achieved by keeping a continuous dialogue between the particle physicists of different cantonal universities and federal institutes. CHIPP is recognized as the representative of Swiss particle physics both nationally and internationally. It awards yearly a Prize to a PhD student, supports workshops and conferences, organises PhD schools, and develops outreach projects.
Events, News, Publications

Isotope factory and experimental arena
For cancer patients, every day counts. Imagine one could skip one step in the cancer diagnosis and treatment process and do both at the same time: finding out where the tumor is and attacking it right away. A team at the University of Bern, which runs its own medical cyclotron laboratory, is currently working on exactly that. Their cyclotron is a proper workhorse for science. During the night, it produces medical isotopes for cancer diagnostics. During the day, it sidelines as a test facility for particle physics and multi-disciplinary scientific activities.
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Support measures for scientists from Ukraine
In collaboration with Scholars at Risk Switzerland, this sum is intended to enable universities to host a first wave of researchers requesting support. This will allow them to pursue their own academic work at institutions in Switzerland. Additional sums may be allocated if the need arises.
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Nun fliegen am Cern die Teilchen wieder
Mit dem aufgerüsteten Teilchenbeschleuniger des Cern in Genf erhöht sich die Chance, neue Elementarteilchen zu finden.
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Shrouded in mystery: how Swiss researchers are on hunt of the neutrino
Have you heard of neutrinos? They’re a set of subatomic particles that are likely to cause quite some scientific uproar in the next years. Catch up on what makes these shy little fellows so special and how Swiss particle physicists are involved in solving one of the Universe’s most tenacious mysteries….
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Physics at fundamental Symmetries and Interactions PSI2022
The workshop focuses on the physics at the low energy, high precision frontier without neglecting complementary approaches. It aims at highlighting present activities and future developments. The Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) itself offers unique opportunities for experiments in this realm: it houses the world's most powerful proton cyclotron and the highest intensity low momentum pion and muon beams and the ultracold neutron source.
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Swiss high school students experiment at CERN
A premier at the European Research Center for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva-Meyrin: 24 teenagers and young adults from all over Switzerland spent over two weeks in October at CERN to learn and conduct experiments on site. The “Swiss High-School Students Internship Program 2021” (HSSIP) promotes the next generation of researchers in particle physics.
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Swiss Institute of Particle Physics (CHIPP)
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University of Bern
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