Research in Gravitation and Quantum Field Theory

引力与量子场论研究

• 批准号: 9973935
• 负责人: Stanley Deser
• 金额: $ 43.78万
• 依托单位: Brandeis University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-07-15 至 2004-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9973935&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Gravitation; Quantum; Field; Theory

Research will be carried out in the following three, connected, areas: modern quantum gravity including supergravity, string theories and their M-theory successors; classical gravities, and quantum theory of fields. Included is the study of black hole entropy on a microscopic, fundamental, level, one of the keys to verifying that the underlying program of unification of all forces of nature is on the right track. This is a period of unprecedented activity in quantum gravity. It is now at the center of our attempts at unification, and has been the central thread in the progression that has led from Einstein's classical gravity to supergravity to string theory and its current exciting extensions such as M-theory. As in any "frontier" research, better understanding of the connections is still required and will be obtained in continuing this progression.

研究将在以下三个相互关联的领域进行：现代量子引力，包括超引力、弦理论及其m理论的继承者；经典引力和量子场理论。其中包括在微观的、基本的水平上对黑洞熵的研究，这是验证所有自然力统一的潜在程序是否在正确轨道上的关键之一。这是量子引力空前活跃的时期。它现在是我们尝试统一的中心，也是从爱因斯坦的经典引力到超引力再到弦理论及其当前令人兴奋的扩展（如m理论）的进展的中心线索。正如在任何“前沿”研究中一样，我们仍然需要更好地理解这些联系，并将在继续这一进程中获得更好的理解。