U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Yukawa Couplings as a Probe of Fundamental Physics

这一为期三年的奖项支持佛罗里达大学的Pierre Ramond和巴黎大学奥赛大学理论物理和高能实验室的Pierre Binetruy在理论物理方面的美法合作研究。研究人员正在研究超弦理论对汤川耦合(或费米子质量)的影响。他们专注于夸克和轻子质量的等级，目的是将其与低能显现的基本标准模型联系起来。该项目得益于美国和法国在超弦理论方面的专业知识。

This three-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research in theoretical physics between Pierre Ramond at the University of Florida and Pierre Binetruy at the Theoretical Physics and High Energy Laboratory, University of Paris, Orsay. The investigators are studying the implications of superstring theory for Yukawa couplings (or fermion masses). They are focusing on the hierarchy of quark and lepton masses, with the aim of relating it to the fundamental, standard model for low energy manifestation. The project benefits from U.S. and French expertise in superstring theory.