RUI: Supersymmetric Gauge Theory and String Theory

RUI：超对称规范理论和弦理论

• 批准号: 1067961
• 负责人: Stephen Naculich
• 金额: $ 10.5万
• 依托单位: Bowdoin College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1067961&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; Supersymmetric; Gauge; Theory; String

This RUI award funds the research activities of Professor Stephen G. Naculich at Bowdoin College.Supersymmetry is a mathematical symmetry that relates bosons, or particles with integer spin, to fermions, or particles with half-integer spin. Since its original mathematical formulation in the early 1970's, supersymmetry has played a significant role in numerous branches of high-energy physics and string theory. Indeed, most of the major advances that have occurred in understanding the properties of difficult strongly-coupled systems have occurred when these systems are analyzed in a supersymmmetric context. Supersymmetry also plays an integral role in string theory, and it is still an open question whether string theories are consistent without supersymmetry. In this project, Professor Naculich aims to study the connections between supersymmetric field theories and string theory. Specifically, he proposes to focus on both perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of supersymmetric gauge theory and supergravity theory, as illuminated by their connection to string theory through Dirichlet-branes (D-branes) and the AdS/CFT correspondence.The research is also envisioned to have several broader impacts. The insights gained, which will be disseminated through journal publications, seminars, and conference proceedings, will contribute to better control over higher-loop effects of gauge theories. This is essential to understanding the predictions of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), as well as to a deeper and more fundamental understanding of string theory. Because this project integrally involves undergraduate participation, it will also contribute to the education of undergraduates by providing training in quantum mechanics, group theory, and field theory, and exposure to research methods in theoretical physics.

这项RUI奖为Bowdoin College的Stephen G. Naculich教授的研究活动提供了资金。SuperSymmetry是一种数学对称性，将玻色子或与整数旋转的颗粒与费米子或半含量旋转的粒子相关联。自1970年代初期其最初的数学表述以来，超对称性在高能物理学和弦理论的众多分支中发挥了重要作用。实际上，在了解这些系统在超对象的环境中分析这些系统时，已经发生了大多数主要进步。超对称性在字符串理论中也起着不可或缺的作用，并且仍然是一个开放的问题，是否没有超对称性是一致的。 在这个项目中，纳库利奇教授旨在研究超对称场理论与弦理论之间的联系。具体而言，他提议专注于超对称量表理论和超级强度理论的扰动和非扰动方面，因为它们通过Dirichlet-Branes（D-BRANES）与弦乐理论的联系所阐明，而ADS/CFT对应也是如此。获得的见解将通过期刊出版物，研讨会和会议记录传播，将有助于更好地控制量规理论的更高环效应。这对于理解量子染色体动力学（QCD）的预测以及对弦理论的更深入，更基本的理解至关重要。因为该项目综合涉及本科参与，所以它还将通过提供量子力学，群体理论和现场理论的培训，并接触理论物理学研究方法，从而为大学生的教育做出贡献。