Presidential Young Investigator Award - Intersection BetweenParticle Physics and Astrophysics

将对天体物理学进行理论研究， 粒子物理学中新思想的含义。 早期 宇宙被认为具有巨大的密度， 温度 这些条件将提供一种天然粒子 加速器的数量级比任何 实验室加速器 研究将涉及 研究新粒子的影响，如果它们存在， 天体物理模型 探测宇宙弦（被困）的可能性研究 早期宇宙的残余）存在于我们的银河系或 银河系外的环境。 这项研究将 将重点放在超导宇宙弦上， 电流高达1万亿电子伏。 与几个实验小组的合作研究将 集中在探测“暗物质”的可能性上， 占了银河系的90% 这些粒子可能产生的影响 我们的太阳和其他恒星上的能量将被探索。 这是总统青年调查员奖。

Theoretical research will be carried out on the astrophysical implications of new ideas in particle physics. The early universe is thought to have had enormous densities and temperatures. The conditions would provide a natural particle accelerator orders of magnitude more powerful than any conceivable laboratory accelerator. The research will involve looking into the effects of new particles, if they exist, on astrophysical models. Research on the possibility of detecting cosmic strings (trapped remnants of the early universe) existing in our galaxy or in extragalactic environments will be undertaken. The research will be focussed on superconducting cosmic strings, which can carry currents of up to one million billion electron volts. Collaborative research with several experimental groups will center on the possibility of detecting "dark matter" that may comprise 90% of our galaxy. The effects that these particles may have on our Sun and on other stars will be explored. This is a Presidential Young Investigator Award.