Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics

基本粒子物理学的理论研究将集中在(1)额外希格斯玻色子的唯象和宇宙学含义，(2)如果在未来两年内发现希格斯玻色子对超对称性的影响，(3)研究标准模型基态的潜在不稳定性是否在经验上可接受，以及(4)在连续电子束加速器装置上寻找轻子数破坏的一类新实验的建议。希格斯玻色子代表了弱核力的一个方面，对此基本上还一无所知。然而，它们是我们理解这支部队的一个非常核心的方面。因此，对这些玻色子的研究是极其重要的。轻子数违反从未被看到，但它的存在是由一些有趣的模型预测的，所以寻找它是相当有兴趣的。

Theoretical research in elementary particle physics will focus on (1) The phenomenological and cosmological implications of extra Higgs bosons, (2) The implications for supersymmetry if a Higgs boson were to be discovered within the next two years, (3) Study of whether a potential instability of the standard model ground state is empirically acceptable, and (4) A proposal for a new class of experiments searching for lepton number violation at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility. The Higgs bosons represent the one aspect of the weak nuclear force about which essentially nothing is yet known. Yet, they are a very central aspect of our understanding of this force. Thus, study of these bosons is extremely important. Lepton number violation has never been seen, but its existence is predicted by a number of intriguing models, so searching for it is of considerable interest.