Tests of Fundamental Symmetries with Atoms and Molecules

这项工作集中在原子和分子基本对称性测试的理论方面。该项目的驱动力是寻找超对称性等新物理，超越基本粒子的标准模型，破坏原子的宇称。这样的研究依赖于对原子和分子结构上基本力的微小影响的精密实验敏感性。需要高精度的计算来揭示(或提取对)新的、尚未发现的粒子的约束。导出的约束是竞争性的，同时也是对从粒子对撞机获得的信息的补充。这项工作的更广泛的影响显然超出了AMO物理学，进入了基本的粒子理论。影响是广泛的，因为这项工作可能有助于标准模型的扩展。此外，这笔助学金将支持研究生的研究和教育。学生将被鼓励参加美国物理学会的会议和活动。这些发现和结果将通过科学期刊、会议报告和互联网上的出版物进行传播。

This work focuses on theoretical aspects of tests of fundamental symmetries with atoms and molecules. The project is driven by searches for new physics, such as supersymmetry, beyond the standard model of elementary particles, with atomic parity violation. Such searches rely on exquisite experimental sensitivity to minute effects of fundamental forces on atomic and molecular structure. High-accuracy calculations are required for revealing (or extracting constraints on) new, yet undiscovered particles. The derived constraints are competitive and, at the same time complementary to the information gained from particle colliders.The broader impacts of this work evidently reach beyond AMO physics, into fundamental elementary particle theory. The impacts are broad, as the work may contribute to extensions of the standard model. In addition, this grant will support research and education of a graduate student. The student will be encouraged to participate at meetings and activities of the American Physical Society. The findings and results will be disseminated through publications in scientific journals, conference presentations, and the Internet.