PHYSICS: THEORY OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES

由于新的数据和新的理论思想，基本粒子物理研究正处于一场重大革命的边缘。将进行广泛的理论基本粒子物理研究，目的是试图了解时空和物质的起源，基本粒子的质量，以及作用在这些粒子上的力。我们将考虑空间维度超过我们已经观察到的三个维度的可能性。对物质起源的新见解将通过新的实验结果来探索，这些实验结果涉及到含有“美”夸克的粒子和中微子。超弦理论(包括引力在内的所有基本力理论的唯一候选者)与实验可达过程之间的联系将被研究。量子场论的基本结构也将如此。

Elementary particle physics research is at the verge of a majorrevolution, owing to new data and new theoretical ideas. A broad programof research in theoretical elementary particle physics will be conducted,with the aim of trying to understand the origin of spacetime and ofmatter, the masses of the elementary particles, and the forces acting onthese particles. The possibility of spatial dimensions beyond the threewe have already observed will be considered. New insights into the originof matter though new experimental results on particles containing the"beauty" quark and on neutrinos will be explored. The connections betweensuperstring theory (the only candidate for a theory of all the basicforces, including gravity) to experimentally accessible processes will beinvestigated. So too will be the basic structure of quantum field theory.