Strings, Branes and the Search for Unification

这个提议要求支持一个新成立的M理论、弦理论和规范理论小组的研究，并将其应用于粒子物理学和宇宙学。它将利用近年来的一些主要发展，如膜，超引力和规范理论之间的对偶性，以及额外维度的紧致化，以寻找解决诸如层次问题和宇宙常数等问题的方法。PI是超引力方面的专家，参与了有关膜的原始论文。co-PI以其在通量紧致化新方法上的工作而闻名。该提议的更广泛影响包括可以在LHC和宇宙微波背景的详细观测中进行测试的现象学预测。它们还导致培养研究生和鼓励女学生学习物理。

This proposal requests support for research by a newly formed group in M-theory, string theory and gauge theories, with applications to particle physics and cosmology. It will make use of some of the major developments in recent years, such as branes, the duality between supergravity and gauge theories, and compactification of extra dimensions to search for solutions to problems like the hierarchy problem and the cosmological constant. The PI is an expert on supergravity and was involved in the original papers on branes. The co-PI's are known for their work on the new method of flux compactification. The broader impacts of the proposal include phenomenological predictions which can be tested at the LHC and in detailed observations of the cosmic microwave background. They also lead to the training of graduate students and the encouragement of women students in physics.