Elementary Particles, Nuclei, and Relativity

基本粒子、原子核和相对论

• 批准号: 9801875
• 负责人: Eugene Golowich
• 金额: $ 121万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-15 至 2004-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9801875&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Elementary; Particles; Nuclei; Relativity

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.

理论物理学的研究将包括广泛的研究计划，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的实验和那些在不久的将来预期收集的数据中提取最充分的可能的影响。 这些工作对于检验目前被接受的观点（如基本粒子的标准模型）的有效性，以及清除试图取代它们的替代方案至关重要。 研究的主题包括弱核力引起的粒子衰变，物质-反物质对称性的破坏，以及轻夸克无质量近似在物理过程中的各种应用。 理论研究将通过制定扩展已知理论的新理论来探索我们最基本概念的基础。 它们还将加深我们对现有理论的认识，如广义相对论，其内容尚未得到充分探讨。 最后，教育研究将有助于解释我们的科学在明确理解的条款，其从业者和学生。这些贡献采取书籍和教学文章的形式。