RUI: Theoretical Investigation of Observables Sensitive to New Physics

RUI：对新物理敏感的可观测值的理论研究

• 批准号: 1215785
• 负责人: Ken Kiers
• 金额: $ 9万
• 依托单位: Taylor University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1215785&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; Theoretical; Investigation; Observables; Sensitive

This award funds the research of Professor Ken Kiers at Taylor University.The field of particle physics is entering a new era, now that data collection and analysis have begun in earnest at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). LHC experimentalists have already made significant progress in the search for the Higgs boson, and there are suggestive hints that the Higgs may soon be discovered. In addition to searching for the Higgs, the LHC has an ambitious program of research aimed at searching for "new physics" --- that is, physics beyond the Standard Model. The next few years could witness exciting discoveries as LHC experimentalists map out physics at the TeV energy scale. Professor Kiers will undertake a theoretical investigation focused on constructing observables that can be used to search for new physics and to distinguish among different types of new physics, should physics beyond the Standard Model be discovered. The research will be broken down into several projects. One of the main projects involves using the production and decay of the top quark to search for new physics. A second major project, which will be undertaken as part of a joint theoretical-experimental collaboration, focuses on supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model. Finally, complementary projects are envisioned that could provide analytical tools to help search for or analyze new physics effects in other systems. New experimental results, as they become available, will also provide significant direction regarding which observables or models of new physics will be considered.The work undertaken by Professor Kiers will also have a significant impact in a broader sense at Taylor University. In particular, the direct involvement of several undergraduate students in the research will enhance the educational experiences of those students and will better prepare them for entrance into top graduate schools. This level of undergraduate research will help the institution attract highly qualified undergraduate students to the physics program and will be particularly helpful in attracting more female and minority students, who are currently underrepresented in the physics program at Taylor.

该奖项资助了泰勒大学肯·基尔斯教授的研究。随着大型强子对撞机（LHC）的数据收集和分析正式开始，粒子物理学领域正在进入一个新时代。大型强子对撞机的实验人员已经在寻找希格斯玻色子方面取得了重大进展，有迹象表明希格斯玻色子可能很快就会被发现。除了寻找希格斯玻色子，大型强子对撞机还有一个雄心勃勃的研究计划，旨在寻找“新物理学”——即超越标准模型的物理学。在接下来的几年里，大型强子对撞机的实验人员可能会在TeV的能量尺度上描绘出物理学，从而见证令人兴奋的发现。Kiers教授将进行一项理论研究，重点是构建可观测物，这些可观测物可用于寻找新的物理学，并在标准模型之外的物理学被发现时区分不同类型的新物理学。这项研究将分为几个项目。其中一个主要项目是利用顶夸克的产生和衰变来寻找新的物理学。第二个主要项目将作为联合理论-实验合作的一部分进行，重点是标准模型的超对称扩展。最后，补充项目被设想为可以提供分析工具来帮助搜索或分析其他系统中的新物理效应。新的实验结果一旦获得，也将提供重要的方向，说明将考虑哪些可观察到的现象或新物理模型。Kiers教授所从事的工作也将对泰勒大学产生更广泛意义上的重大影响。特别是，几名本科生直接参与研究将提高这些学生的教育经验，并为进入顶尖研究生院做好更好的准备。这种水平的本科研究将有助于该机构吸引高素质的本科学生进入物理学专业，尤其有助于吸引更多的女性和少数民族学生，这些学生目前在泰勒大学的物理学专业中代表性不足。