About forty five people work at the LPTENS. Our research encompasses many areas in theoretical physics. We on the one hand study the quantization of gravity, mainly in the context of string theory, problems in high energy physics (in particular related to the experiments at the LHC collider at CERN), and questions in observational cosmology rooted in recent data. Our second emphasis covers numerous statistical physics problems connected to disordered systems, solid state physics, computer science, complex systems, and biology, often subjecting experimental data to analytical or numerical treatment. Common tools to both fields are the quantum field theory of particles or extended objects, supersymmetry, and the theory of classical or quantum totally integrable or scale invariant systems.
A NEW PARTICLE has been discovered with 99,9999% confidence level at CERN by the collaborations ATLAS and CMS at the LHC. It has the characteristics of the famous HIGGS BOSON whose hunt has long been one of the top priorities for particle physics.
News
03/04/2013 Our colleague Marc Thierry Jaekel has been distinguished as "Outstanding Referee" by Physical Review for 2012. Congratulations!
14/03/2012 We are happy to have Massimo Bianchi, professor at the University of Rome, join us for three months as invited professor. His work focusses on questions in string theory.
01/03/2012 We are happy to have Hikaru Kawai, professor at the University of Kyoto, join us for a month as invited professor. His recent work focusses on questions on space-time in string theory.
09/01/2013 The Physics Department at the Ecole Normale Superieure opens a new Assistant Professor position. The applicant research lines are expected to be about Statistical Physics.
31/10/2012 The Institute of Theoretical Physics Philippe Meyer will fund two postdoctoral positions in Theoretical Physics starting from September 1, 2013 for the duration of two years.
22/10/2012 A Workshop on holographic applications, out-of-equilibrium phenomena, gravity & analogue gravity will take place at ENS from 29 to 31 octobre 2012, coorganised by ENS, Ecole Polytechnique, APC, University of Tours and Paris-Sud.
08/10/2012Applications are invited for a two-year postdoctoral position in theoretical high energy and mathematical physics within the framework of the French National Research Agency (ANR) research project “StrongInt”.
03/10/2012 The Symposium KOUNNAS-FEST has taken place at the university of Cyprus in Nicosia on 29 September 2012. This symposium celebrated the 60th birthday of Costas KOUNNAS and was coorganized by the Physics department of universities of Cyprus and Crete, the CERN theory division and the LPTENS.
12/07/2012 The Department of Physics, Ecole normale supérieure, Paris (France), invites applications for three Junior Research Chairs (at the postdoctoral level). Appointments will be for two years with a possible extension for a third year. The Department aims at outstanding candidates with some experience at the international level.
22/06/2012 A focus day on Aspects of Non-equilibrium physics was organised at ENS on June 22nd, 2012, by G. Policastro, M. Petropoulos (CPHT) et Ayan Mukhopadyay (LPTHE).
15/06/2012 The XLIIth SUMMER INSTITUTE "Strings, Particles and the Universe" will take place from 2012, august 20 to august 31.
12/06/2012 The position of Director of the Fédération de Recherches "Interactions Fondamentales" (FRIF) is opened for application by Pierre et Marie Curie University (UPMC) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). The position holds for a period of 5 years starting from 01/01/2014. More details on the position missions and application conditions are available in the corresponding call for applications.
14/05/2012 We are happy to have Leonardo Rastelli, professor at the University of Stony Brook, join us for a month as invited professor. His recent work focusses on questions of integrability in string theory.
01/05/2012 We are happy to welcome Jaume Gomis, professor at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, in our midst. He will be visiting as invited professor for one month. He works on a variety of topics at the intersection of gauge and string theory.
8/03/2012 Two Associate Professor positions, in Condensed or dilute matter,quantum physics and in Statistical or non linear physics, and a Professor position in Fundamental physics, are opened in the Département de physique de l’Ecole normale supérieure.
1/03/2012 Our laboratory has the honor to welcome Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Professor at the University of Munich, who will be spending a year in the Paris area of which 6 months will be at LPTENS as Chaire Blaise Pascal 2012. Prof. Mukhanov’s research field is Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. His stay in Paris is beginning with a Pierre and Marie Curie Colloquium "Quantum Origin of the Universe Structure" on March 5.
