U.S.-Korea Cooperative Research on Gauge Field Theories in the Schrodinger Picture

该提案要求获得资金，以允许波士顿大学物理系皮素英博士与韩国延世大学物理系Jae Hyung Yee博士进行为期24个月的关于薛定谔图中规范场理论的合作研究计划。从量子场论中获取信息的薛定谔图像法将得到进一步发展，这种方法将被应用于规范理论和一些(21)维模型，特别是那些包含Chern-Simons项的模型。量子电动力学和电弱与强相互作用的标准模型的成功表明，量子场论是描述亚原子现象最可靠的框架。这一理论的薛定谔图式给出了亚原子世界的最佳物理图式，但与之相关的数学问题直到最近才被理解。合作者在美国国家科学基金会资助的先前的研究中成功地使用了这种方法。INT-8807985。他们希望这项研究能带来新的发现，并对各种量子场论的结构有所了解。PI和她的合作者在研究领域都是备受尊敬的科学家，并有成功合作的记录。该项目与美韩合作科学计划的目标相关，该计划旨在通过交流科学信息、想法、技能和技术以及通过在互利问题上的合作来提高美国和韩国科学家和工程师之间的合作水平。易博士参与该项目得到了韩国科学与工程基金会(KOSEF)的支持。

This proposal requests funds to permit Dr. So-Young Pi, Department of Physics, Boston University, to pursue with Dr. Jae Hyung Yee, Department of Physics, Yonsei University, Korea, for a period of 24 months, a program of cooperative research on gauge field theories in the Schrodinger picture. The Schrodinger picture method for obtaining information from quantum field theories will be further developed, and this method will be applied to gauge theories and to some (2+1)-dimensional models, particularly those involving Chern-Simons terms. The success of quantum electrodynamics and the standard model for electro-weak and strong interactions shows that the quantum field theory is the most reliable framework for describing subatomic phenomena. The Schrodinger picture formulation of this theory gives the best physical picture of the subatomic world but mathematical problems with it only recently have been understood. The collaborators have used this approach successfully in prior research under NSF Grant No. INT-8807985. They expect this research to produce discoveries and an understanding of the structure of various quantum field theories. The PI and her collaborator are highly respected scientists in the field of the research and have a record of successful collaboration. This project is relevant to the objectives of the U.S.-Korea Cooperative Science Program which seeks to increase the level of cooperation between U.S. and Korean scientists and engineers through the exchange of scientific information, ideas, skills, and techniques and through collaboration on problems of mutual benefit. Dr. Yee's participation in the project is supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF).