Introduction
The
32nd Rencontres de Blois
will be held on October 17 - 22, 2021 in the
Château of Blois, in France's Loire Valley.
Focused on
Particle Physics and Cosmology,
it will emphasize the increasing interplay between high energy accelerator
based physics and cosmology.
The conference will consist of plenary sessions for invited in depth oral
presentations (review talks and talks on specific specialised topics), and
contributed papers, in the form of relatively short talks given in parallel
sessions. Special emphasis being placed on active participation by younger
researchers and post-docs.
This will be the
32nd meeting
in this series of annual international multidisciplinary meetings, created
in 1989 by Jean Trân Thanh Vân and which has in the past covered
many topics in physics, astronomy and biology. All sessions take place in the
Château of Blois, a beautiful renaissance castle which has housed many
French kings, and notably François the 1st.
Meals are served in the castle
to all participants, in order to encourage interaction between scientists at
all levels. Participation is limited to about 150 persons.
The meeting will be articulated around the results and their impact on current theories from major new experimental and observational facilities.
Topics will include:
- the Standard Model in particle physics, in new data and analyses
- the characterization of the Higgs boson
- theories of and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model
- heavy flavour physics
- neutrino physics (astrophysical and laboratory)
- dark matter, dark energy and recent advances in astroparticle physics and cosmology.
The detailed scientific programme is currently under development
(see the
indico page);
if you urgently need information which is currently not available on this site, you may contact Christophe Grojean, at the email address:
christophe.grojean@desy.de
This site will be updated as new information becomes available. Please check it regularly.
