UAM - Department of Theoretical Physics

Departamento de Física Teórica

The Department of Theoretical Physics at UAM was founded around 1970 with an aim for excellence at an international level. It consists of over 100 members and incorporates research at the foremost frontier of a large variety of disciplines, namely elementary particle physics, experimental high-energy physics, nuclear physics, neuroscience, astrophysics and cosmology

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News

07/01/2021Tini Veltman, a friend of the DFT and IFT
27/04/2020Dr. Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde has been recently appointed convener of the Dark Matter and New Physics working group of the Fermi-LAT collaboration
27/04/2020DFT professor M. Belen Gavela has been appointed member of the Belle Program Advisory Committee (BPAC).
21/10/2019Descubren rotaciones cuánticas inesperadas en los isótopos de cadmio
23/10/2018The Department of Theoretical Physics and the Institute of Theoretical Physics participate in a new H2020 project
06/06/2018Reunión proyecto Estallidos
20/04/2018III Jornadas de Astronomía
04/06/2018The Higgs boson reveals its affinity for the top quark at ATLAS and CMS
07/03/20186th general meeting of the Hyper-Kamiokande proto-Collaboration [at UAM]
02/03/2018Prof. J. L. Egido is selected as "Outstanding Referee" by the American Physics Society
25/10/2017Prof. Gabriel Martinez Pinedo key in the understanding of the production process of heavy elements of the Universe
25/10/2017Astronomers create publicly available Virtual Universe
04/08/2017The Hyper-Kamiokande project is in the official road map of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
16/06/2017Luis Enrique Ibáñez has been awarded with the “Miguel Catalán award 2016” for his outstanding scientific career in theoretical physics.
16/06/2017José Manuel Sánchez Ron has been awarded with the “Julian Marías award 2016” for his outstanding scientific career in humanities.
06/04/2017New RISE-H2020 project awarded: LACEGAL
04/04/2017New precise measurement of the Higgs boson mass presented by the CMS Collaboration
18/01/2017Un equipo internacional liderado por astrofísicos de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid descubre actividad de cometas en la estrella Φ-Leo
15/04/2016Two new H2020 projects coordinated by the Department of Theoretical Physics UAM/IFT
05/04/2016Prof. Alexander Knebe ha sido entrevistado por El Pais sobre 'the missing baryon problem'
07/10/2015Takaaki Kajita, Nobel laureate in Physics 2015, is an established collaborator of members of the Department of Theoretical Physics.
30/09/2015Prof. José Manuel Sánchez Ron has been awarded the national essay prize of literature 2015
21/06/2015Coincidiendo con la reunión científica en Madrid del proyecto Invisibles, científicos y artistas exploran en Madrid la confluencia creativa
04/02/2015Prof. Alfredo Poves awarded as an Outstanding Referee of the American Physics Society Journals
03/02/2015KEK and ICRR sign a MOU on the Hyper-Kamiokande Proto-Collaboration.
14/01/2015Interview with Sánchez Ron in "Encuentros Multidisciplinares, Nº 48, Septiembre-Diciembre 2014"

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Physics at UAM; World Rankings

ARWU, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 - Physics: within range 51-75

Nature Index 2017, Institutions - Physical Sciences - Academic: position 58

Research

Annual Report on Research 2017

The members of the Department participate in leading international projects

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Undergraduate studies

Conoce las ofertas específicas que ofrece el Departamento de Física Teórica en las asignaturas de Trabajo de Fin de Grado y de Iniciación a la Investigación

Postgraduate studies

The Department provides a Master in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics (named "Master in Theoretical Physics"), organizes along other Universites in Spain an Interuniversity Máster in Nuclear Physics, and participates in the "Master in Physics of Condensed Matter and of Biological Systems" organized by the Department of Condensed Matter of UAM.

The Department offers two PhD programs in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics