V4-HEP in Theory and Experiment

Established education and research institutions from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia have joined forces to bridge the communication gap between experimental and theoretical physicists in the field of high-energy physics.

The partnership consortium connected Czech Technical University in Prague, Comenius University in Bratislava, University of Warsaw and Wigner Research Center for Physics from Budapest to address a communication gap between experimental and theoretical physicists in High Energy Physics. The core issue identified by the consortium was that experimental and theoretical physicists in High Energy Physics, despite working in the same field, use different terminology and conceptual frameworks when discussing their work. Through organized workshops in all four Visegrad countries, they aimed to establish better communication between these two communities and bridge the distinctions in terminology.

The project’s primary value lay in connecting young scientists across the V4 region, supporting valuable early-career collaboration in High Energy Physics and giving them an opportunity to present their findings and research outcomes to colleagues in the region.

The follow-up to the project should provide systematic expansion of collaboration between theoretical and experimental communities in the Visegrad region, as the consortium stated in their final report: “We aim to achieve this by organizing additional meetings focused on major theoretical and experimental projects, such as Run-3 LHC, cosmic and astrophysics experiments, and detector developments. These interactions will not only strengthen scientific exchange but also provide opportunities for new interdisciplinary publications and joint funding applications at both national and international levels.”