Contact Information
Tel. : 972-8-9346507
Fax
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972-8-9344106
Bldg.: K.B.
Weissman Institute of Physical Sciences
Rm.: 327
Email : gilad.perez@weizmann.ac.il
Secretariat:
Ana Weksler
Tel. : 972-8-9343835
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972-8-9344172
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Gilad Perez, Senior Scientist Dept. of Particle
Physics & Astrophysics, 76100
Rehovot, Israel |
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Current
Research Interests
The Standard Model of
fundamental particles and interactions leaves essential questions unanswered:
What gives masses to the elementary particles? We believe that it is related to
electroweak symmetry breaking which raises the hierarchy problem, the huge gap
between the weak and Planck scales. The LHC experiments will address these
questions very soon. I am involved in study of signatures through which new
physics may reveal itself and help to solve the above. Recent
cosmological-observation raised additional puzzles: What can induce the
matter-anti-matter asymmetry of our Universe? What is the source of dark matter
and energy? We explore experimental and theoretical methods to improve our
knowledge regarding these issues.
See an updated
list of my publications
here .
Some popular
stuff:
G. Perez, Òמזל תיפט
חצי עםÓ, Odyssey, only in
Hebrew (07/2010).
A. Jenkins
& G. Perez, cover page article, ÒLooking for Life in the MultiverseÓ, Scientific
American (01/2010), Hebrew
version.
G. Perez, Physics APS journal, ÒA
guided tour through the wild nuclear landscapeÓ, Physics 2, 21 (2009).
Courses:
EPII (spring 2011)- course
webpage .
Advance topics in particle phys., with
Y. Nir (2009)- course webpage .
EPII (2008)- course
webpage .
Group:
Students-
Oram Gedalia (Ph.D); Yochay Eshel, Racheli Lazar
(cosupervised),
Nir Schenkler, Yotam Soreq, Tali Vaknin (M.Sc).
Postdocs-
Seung. J. Lee.
See also: Postdoc position opening.
Awards,
Honors:
Incumbent of the Shlomo and Michla Tomarin Career Development Chair;
Gruber Young Scientists Award.