Programs on Critical Problems in Physics, Astrophysics and Biophysics at the Aspen Center for Physics

自1962年成立以来，阿斯彭物理中心（ACP）提供了一个独特的物理和科学环境，非常适合刺激物理研究中的相互作用、合作和创新。每年夏天的四个月里，500多名国际顶尖研究人员从本国机构的常规限制和干扰中解脱出来，来到阿斯彭从事各自领域前沿的研究。研究是(a)在物理研究前沿领域的讲习班范围内进行的；(b)以具体项目为重点的小组；或(c)由进行自己研究的个别调查人员进行。科学项目强调前沿的开放问题，旨在最大限度地提高每个区域内的非正式互动和不同区域之间的交叉施肥。在继续在物理学的核心领域（粒子物理学、天体物理学和凝聚态物理学）中发挥领导作用的同时，ACP在物理学以及物理学与其他学科（生物学、化学、工程学、材料科学和数学）之间的交叉领域也向新的方向开放。ACP还组织了四到六次为期一周的冬季会议，这些会议汇集了35到80名来自当前物理学和跨学科物理学研究领域的研究人员。ACP努力确保年龄、性别、种族、社会经济、体制和地域的多样性，并有一个日益丰富和明显的公共宣传方案。这包括(a)公开讲座，向公众介绍当前最令人兴奋的科学研究方向以及有关科学政策的问题；(b)物理学对话，这是一种非正式的聚会，主要研究人员在轻松的环境中讨论他们目前的研究兴趣，在此期间，强烈鼓励演讲者和公众之间的提问和讨论；(c)关于物理各个领域的教程。近年来，ACP通过与阿斯彭研究所和新成立的阿斯彭科学中心建立更密切的联系和合作，加强了其在阿斯彭社区的存在。阿斯彭物理中心的支持将通过数学和物理科学理事会的天文科学部、材料研究部和物理部以及生物科学理事会提供。

Since its inception in 1962 the Aspen Center for Physics (ACP) has provided a unique physical andscientific environment ideally suited for stimulating interactions, collaborations and innovation in physics research. For four months every summer more than 500 leading international researchers, freed from the usual constraints and distractions of their home institutions, come to Aspen to engage in research at the forefront of their fields. Research is conducted (a) in the context of workshops in areas at the forefront of physics research; (b) in small groups focused on specific projects; or (c) by individual investigators carrying out their own research. The scientific programs emphasize open problems at the cutting edge and are designed to maximize informal interactions within each area and cross-fertilization between different areas. While continuing to provide leadership in the central areas of physics (particle physics, astrophysics and condensedmatter physics) the ACP has been open to new directions in physics as well as to science at the interface between physics and other disciplines (biology, chemistry, engineering, material science, and mathematics). The ACP alsoorganizes between four to six one-week Winter Conferences that bring together 35 to 80 researchers in areas of current interest in physics and inter-disciplinary physics research. The ACP makes an effort to ensure age, gender, race, socio-economic, institutional and geographic diversity and has an increasingly rich and visible public outreach program. This consists of (a) public lectures that introduce the public to the most exciting directions of current scientific research as well as to issues concerning science policy; (b) Dialogues on Physics, informal get-togethers where leading esearchers discuss their current research interests in a relaxed setting during which questions and discussions between the speaker and the public are strongly encouraged; and (c) tutorials on various areas of physics. In recent years the ACP has enhanced its presence in the Aspen Community by establishing closer ties and collaborations with the Aspen Institute and the newly created Aspen Science Center. Support for the Aspen Center for Physics will be provided through the Divisions of stronomical Sciences, Materials Research, and Physics in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate and through the Biological Sciences Directorate.