Elementary Particles, Nuclei and Relativity

该提案要求继续支持一个在核和粒子理论研究领域拥有长期且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不断增强，研究兴趣范围已向广义相对论和宇宙学方向发展。其中三位原理做出了重要贡献，被高度引用，并对宇称破坏核力、手性微扰理论以及中性 Kaon 和 D 介子系统中的粒子反粒子混合等问题产生了影响。此外，两位宇宙学家致力于弦理论的引力方面的研究。该小组拥有广泛的外展计划，涵盖各种不同的项目。其中包括针对州立高中科学教师的 STEM-ED 项目、为儿童撰写有关重力的教育书籍、组织戈登会议以及为学生参加暑期学校。

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.