The LAPTh is a joint research unit (UMR 5108) under the supervision of the Université Savoie Mont Blanc and CNRS Physique. The laboratory is located on the CNRS campus in Annecy, in the immediate vicinity of the Université Savoie Mont Blanc campus.
The laboratory’s scientific activities are in the field of theoretical physics and are centered around three main themes:
In these areas, the laboratory is involved in a significant number of national and international research networks and receives around one hundred visiting scientists each year. Laboratory members also participate in university teaching and in disseminating knowledge to the general public.
The UFR Science et Montagne (SceM) and the Annecy Laboratory of Theoretical Physics (LAPTh) of the Université Savoie Mont Blanc are organizing a day in tribute to our colleague Richard Taillet, who left us in the summer of 2025. Register here
Our laboratory is in mourning following the death of our colleague Richard Taillet, who passed away on August 6, 2025, after a sudden illness. Richard completed his studies as a student civil servant at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. As such, in 1992, he was part of the first
