Elementary Particles, Nuclei and Relativity

该提案要求继续支持一个在核与粒子理论研究方面具有长期和富有成效的记录的小组。近年来，随着广义相对论和宇宙学与粒子物理学之间的协同作用日益增强，研究兴趣的范围向广义相对论和宇宙学方向发展。其中3位主要作者在违反宇称核力、手性微扰理论、中性介子和d介子体系的粒子反粒子混合等问题上做出了被广泛引用的重要贡献。此外，还有两位宇宙学家研究弦理论的引力方面。该组织有一个广泛的外展计划，包括各种不同的项目。其中包括州立高中科学教师的STEM-ED项目，为儿童撰写重力教育书籍，组织戈登会议，以及参加学生暑期学校。

This proposal requests continued support for a group which has a long and productive record of research in nuclear and particle theory. Over recent years, the range of research interests have evolved in the directions of general relativity and cosmology, following the growing synergy between the these fields and particle physics. Three of the principals have made important contributions which are highly cited and have had impact on problems such as parity violating nuclear forces, chiral perturbation theory, and particle anti-particle mixing in the neutral Kaon and D-meson systems. In addition, two cosmologists work on the gravitational aspects of string theory. The group has an extensive outreach program with a variety of different projects. These include STEM-ED programs for state high school science teachers, writing educational books on gravity for children, the organisation of a Gordon Conference, and participation in summer schools for students.