Selected Topics in Quark Flavor, Neutrino and Higgs physics

该奖项资助了密西西比大学Alakabha Datta教授的研究活动。粒子物理的标准模型建立在观察到自然界包含三代不同的夸克和轻子的基础上。这几代粒子在电荷和相互作用方面看起来都是一样的，只是质量不同。它们还以不平凡的方式相互混合，导致CP违规。“风味物理学”是一个概括了这一世代结构的物理学的术语，目前有大量来自风味实验的数据。在他的研究中，达塔教授的目标是开发方法，通过使用这些数据来帮助区分不同的新物理模型。他还计划利用味道对称性来了解夸克和轻子混合的起源，并打算研究可以探测希格斯玻色子的非标准耦合的过程。该项目预计也将产生重大的更广泛的影响。达塔教授将让一名研究生参与他的研究，从而为开始研究风味和希格斯物理领域的初级物理学家提供培训。达塔教授还计划在密西西比州及周边地区的多所大学和高中就他的研究进行演讲，目的是吸引来自代表性不足群体的学生从事科学研究。

This award funds the research activities of Professor Alakabha Datta at the University of Mississippi.The Standard Model of particle physics is built around the observation that nature contains three separate generations of quarks and leptons. These generations of particles all appear identical in terms of their charges and interactions, and differ only in their masses. They also mix amongst each other in non-trivial ways that lead to CP violation. ``Flavor physics'' is a general term that encapsulates the physics of this generational structure, and there is currently a huge amount of data from flavor experiments. In his research, Professor Datta aims to develop methods that will help to distinguish different new physics models by using this data. He also plans to use flavor symmetries in order to understand the origin of quark and lepton mixing, and he intends to study processes that can probe non-standard couplings of the Higgs boson.The project is also expected to have significant broader impacts. Professor Datta will involve a graduate student in his research, thereby providing training to a junior physicist beginning research in the field of flavor and Higgs physics. Professor Datta also plans to give talks about his research at various colleges and high schools in Mississippi and surrounding areas with the aim of attracting students from under-represented groups to scientific research.