Research in High Energy Theoretical Physics

理论物理的研究将包括(1)对超弦理论中数学结构的代数和几何方面的研究；(2)通过使用高性能计算机模拟来研究强相互作用。超弦理论是一种非常有前途的方法，可以统一自然界中所有已知的基本相互作用。它也可能提供对宇宙起源的理解。强相互作用的计算机模拟对于从高精度实验测量中提取自然界的几个基本常数是必不可少的。这些常数的知识对统一方案有很强的限制。计算机模拟还将用于了解夸克和胶子（物质的基本成分）在宇宙形成初期可能发生的温度下的相互作用。

Research in theoretical physics will include (1) an investigation of algebraic and geometric aspects of mathematical structures in superstring theory and (2) studies of the strong interactions through the use of high performance computer simulations. Superstring theory is a very promising approach to unifying all the known fundamental interactions in Nature. It may also provide an understanding of the origins of the Universe. Computer simulations of the strong interactions are essential for extracting several of the fundamental constants of Nature from high precision experimental measurements. Knowledge of these constants places strong constraints on unification schemes. Computer simulations will also be used to learn about interactions of quarks and gluons, the fundamental constituents of matter, at temperatures that may have occurred in the early moments of the formation of the Universe.