Focus of the seminar is the impact of particle physics on the
evolution of the early universe. The Standard Model of particle
physics has been tested with high precision and turns out to be
a very good approximation of nature up to energies of a few hundred
GeV. Such energies were characteristic for the particles in the early
universe about 10**(-12) seconds after its creation.
Many questions, however, arise when the Standard Model of particle
physics is viewed together with
the cosmological Standard Model for the evolution of the universe:
Why is there a matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe ?
How can we reconcile the very different scales in the universe ?
How can we explain dark matter ? How can the Standard Model of particle
physics be unified with gravitation ? ...
In this seminar we want to look at recent progress in particle-,
astro-particle- and astrophysics in answering such questions.