Theoretical Studies on Topics in Phase Transitions in the Early Universe

天体物理学和基本粒子物理学之间的理论研究将包括对膨胀宇宙学(其中宇宙经历了一段非常迅速的膨胀时期)、早期宇宙中自由夸克与核子的结合以及宇宙不同区域之间的墙的性质的研究。所有这些话题都是我们关于宇宙如何演化到目前状态的新图景中的重要元素。

Theoretical research at the interface between astrophysics and elementary particle physics will include studies of inflationary cosmology (in which the universe undergoes a period of very rapid expansion), the binding of free quarks into nucleons in the early universe, and the nature of walls between different domains in the universe. All of these topics are important elements of our emerging picture of how the universe evolved to its present state.