NAME:
University of California - Irvine
HOME TOWN:
Irvine, Calif.
MASCOT:
Anteater
COLORS:
Blue and gold
COLLABORATING AT FERMILAB SINCE:
1990s
WORLDWIDE PARTICLE PHYSICS COLLABORATIONS:
ATLAS (CERN), CDF, FermiLAT (NASA, DOE), IceCube (Antarctica), MEG (PSI), Milagro (LANL), MINERvA, SuperK (ICRR), T2K (J-PARC)
NUMBER OF SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS INVOLVED:
12 faculty, about 10 postdocs, about 15 students
PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH FOCUS:
UCI particle physics focuses on searches for new physics and precision tests of the Standard Model in a wide variety of experiments: neutrino, rare decays, high-energy astrophysics and collider physics. In addition, we have a vibrant theory group with strengths in phenomenology, especially dark matter and supersymmetry.
FUNDING AGENCIES:
NSF, DOE
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