Elementary Particles, Nuclei, and Relativity

理论物理的研究将涵盖广泛的研究项目，包括核物理学、粒子物理学、广义相对论和宇宙学。现象学研究将从现有实验和预计在不久的将来收集的数据中提取最充分的可能含义。这样的工作对于检验目前被接受的观点的有效性是必不可少的，比如基本粒子的标准模型，并淘汰那些试图取代它们的替代方案。研究的主题包括弱核力引起的粒子衰变，物质-反物质对称的破坏，以及轻夸克无质量近似在物理过程中的各种应用。理论研究将探索我们最基本概念的基础，通过制定新的理论来扩展已知的东西。它们还将加深我们对现有理论（如广义相对论）的认识，这些理论的内容尚未得到充分探索。最后，《教育研究》将以清晰易懂的方式向实践者和学生解释我们的科学。这些贡献以书籍和教学文章的形式出现。

Research in theoretical physics will encompass a broad program of studies, including nuclear physics, particle physics, general relativity, and cosmology. Phenomenological Studies will extract the fullest possible implications of data collected from existing experiments and those anticipated in the near future. Such work is essential in testing the validity of currently accepted ideas, such as the Standard Model of elementary particles, and weeding out alternate schemes which attempt to supplant them. Topics to be studied include particle decays induced by the weak nuclear force, the violation of matter- antimatter symmetry, and various applications to physical processes of the approximation that the lighter quarks are massless. Theoretical Studies will probe the foundation of our most basic concepts, by formulating new theories which extend what is already known. They also will deepen our knowledge of existing theories such as General Relativity, whose content has not yet been fully explored. Finally, Educational Studies will serve to explain our science in clearly understandable terms to its practitioners and to students. Such contributions take the form of both books and pedagogic articles.