The focus of my research group is on physics beyond the standard model and cosmology. We are trying to figure out why there is more matter than anti-matter in the Universe, what dark matter is made of and what kind of new physics the LHC might detect.

Some of the topics we are currently working on are:

– Axions and gravitational waves

– Using gravitational waves to probe dark sectors

– The relaxion mechanism as solution to the hierarchy problem

– Composite dark matter sectors and their phenomenology

– Long lived particles and non-standard collider signatures at the LHC

The AG Schwaller is part of PRISMA+/++, the Cluster of Excellence awarded by the DFG. Moreover, our work is supported by the Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

Einführungsveranstaltung Physik B.Sc./B.Ed./Angewandte Physik B.Sc.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Ostrick; Dr. Christian Schmitt; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Pedro Schwaller
Time: Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026 16:00-17:30
Place:  00 200 HS Kph, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 45

Lecture/Exercise: Early Universe Cosmology
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Pedro Schwaller
Time: Thursdays, 14:15-15:45, Fridays 10:15-11:45
Place: Thursdays 01-231 Seminarraum E, Fridays 01-122 Newton-Raum (both Staudingerweg 9)

Working Group Seminar on Physics beyond the Standard Model
Time:   Tuesdays, 10:00 –11:30
Place: Staudingerweg 7, 05-427 THEP Social-Room

Theory Palaver
Time:   Tuesdays, 14:00 –15:00
Place: Staudingerweg 7, 05-127 Lorentz-Raum

Einführungsveranstaltung Physik B.Sc./B.Ed./Angewandte Physik B.Sc.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Ostrick; Dr. Christian Schmitt; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Pedro Schwaller
Time: Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026 16:00-17:30
Place:  00 200 HS Kph, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 45

Working Group Seminar on Physics beyond the Standard Model
Time:   Tuesdays, 10:00 –11:30
Place: Staudingerweg 7, 05-427 THEP Social-Room

Theory Palaver
Time:   Tuesdays, 14:00 –15:00
Place: Staudingerweg 7, 05-127 Lorentz-Raum