Constraining Gravity Dual Models of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

强耦合等离子体的约束重力对偶模型

• 批准号: 0969482
• 负责人: Justin Vazquez-Poritz
• 金额: $ 6万
• 依托单位: CUNY New York City College of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0969482&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Constraining; Gravity; Dual; Models; Strongly

The quark-gluon plasma that is being created at particle accelerators presents theorists with the challenge of understanding the dynamics of strongly interacting quarks. An emerging approach for modeling strongly coupled plasmas is gauge-gravity duality. Gravity dual models have already uncovered analytical connections between a wide variety of dynamic variables that were not realized with conventional gauge theory techniques. The goal of this project is to place phenomenological constraints on gravity dual models to such a degree that we can use experimental data for precision tests of gauge-gravity duality. The New York City College of Technology CUNY plays a leading role in the education of minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and is a Hispanic Serving Institution. The PI will broaden the participation of underrepresented groups by involving students in research projects. This will enable the students to apply technical skills learned in the classroom, develop their investigative skills and participate in the scientific enterprise. In addition, by helping to write papers and presenting the research at conferences, the students will improve their information literacy, writing and communication skills. This will help to develop their skill set needed for lifelong learning and maximize their chances of success in the STEM areas. Since the majority of City Tech students are the first in their families to go to college, outreach programs are critical in order to increase family involvement and support, as well as raise the public awareness about the importance of the STEM areas. The PI will also organize and develop a series of public lectures for the local community, which will present physics in a non-technical and entertaining manner.

粒子加速器产生的夸克-胶子等离子体给理论学家带来了理解强相互作用夸克动力学的挑战。强耦合等离子体建模的一种新兴方法是规范重力二元性。重力对偶模型已经揭示了传统规范理论技术无法实现的各种动态变量之间的分析联系。该项目的目标是对重力对偶模型施加现象学约束，使我们可以使用实验数据来精确测试规范重力二元性。纽约市立理工学院 (New York City College of Technology) 在少数族裔科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 教育方面发挥着主导作用，是一所西班牙裔服务机构。 PI 将通过让学生参与研究项目来扩大代表性不足群体的参与。这将使学生能够应用在课堂上学到的技术技能，发展他们的研究技能并参与科学事业。此外，通过帮助撰写论文和在会议上展示研究成果，学生将提高他们的信息素养、写作和沟通技巧。 这将有助于培养他们终身学习所需的技能，并最大限度地提高他们在 STEM 领域取得成功的机会。由于大多数城市理工学院的学生是家庭中第一个上大学的学生，因此为了增加家庭的参与和支持以及提高公众对 STEM 领域重要性的认识，外展计划至关重要。 PI 还将为当地社区组织和开展一系列公开讲座，以非技术性和娱乐性的方式介绍物理学。