The DEMOS Consortium ¶
The DEMOS consortium brings together researchers from 9 institutions across Germany and the United States, representing expertise in all major ErUM (Exploration of the Universe and Matter) physics domains.
Leadership ¶
Consortium Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mikhail Mikhasenko Experimental Particle Physics (EP1) Ruhr University Bochum
The initiative is driven primarily by early-career principal investigators, with support from senior researchers.
Participating Institutions ¶
- Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) - three groups covering Hadron Physics, Nuclear Physics, and Astroparticle Physics
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf/CASUS (HZDR) - Laser Physics
- TU Dortmund University (TUDO) - Particle Physics
- Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) - Hadron Physics
- Technical University of Munich (TUM) - Neutrino and Particle Physics
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Particle Physics
- Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich (MPP) - Neutrino and Hadron Physics
- University of California, Santa Cruz (SC) - Particle Physics (associated partner)
Research Domains ¶
The consortium covers all six ErUM domains:
| Domain | Groups |
|---|---|
| Hadron Physics (HP) | RUB-H, JGU, MPP |
| Particle Physics (PP) | TUDO, LMU, TUM, SC |
| Nuclear Physics (NP) | RUB-N |
| Neutrino Physics (NuP) | TUM, MPP |
| Astroparticle Physics (AP) | RUB-A |
| Laser Physics (LP) | HZDR |
Expertise ¶
Consortium members bring key strengths to the project:
- Leadership positions in major experimental collaborations (ATLAS, LHCb, Belle II, IceCube, etc.)
- Lead developers of widely-used tools (PyHF, BAT.jl, ROOT/RooFit)
- Pioneers of standardization initiatives (HS3, amplitude serialization)
This diverse expertise ensures the DEMOS standard will meet the needs of the entire ErUM community.