Theoretical Physics

理论物理

• 批准号: 1314311
• 负责人: Edward Witten
• 金额: $ 97.2万
• 依托单位: Institute For Advanced Study
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1314311&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Theoretical; Physics

This award funds the research of Professors Peter Goddard and Edward Witten at the Institute for Advanced Study.The work of Professors Goddard and Witten is devoted to the study of elementary particle physics, including its connections to other areas of study ranging from astrophysics and cosmology to condensed matter physics and geometry. The project will partly support the research of the principal investigators, a senior visitor, and a substantial group of postdoctoral fellows who are working on these topics. Current and planned research of this group covers a very wide range of topics, including the connections between gauge theory (the modern language of elementary particle physics), string theory, and geometry; the possibilities for supersymmetric models of particle physics that might be relevant at accelerator energies; new methods of computing and studying the scattering amplitudes of elementary particles; new experimental hints of cosmic dark matter; and new relations among old and new quantum field theories in different dimensions.The broader impacts of this project include the training of a large number of young postdoctoral researchers. For many years, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) has provided an ideal "training ground" for young postdocs to work with the best of their peers and gather critical research experience. Ultimately, IAS postdocs help populate the most active teaching and research institutions in the country, serving in turn as mentors and teachers of students in the physical and biological sciences. The IAS also hosts a widely attended summer school (Prospects in Theoretical Physics), often in topics closely related to the present project, which benefits IAS postdocs as well as students and postdocs from around the US and the world.

该奖项资助高级研究院的Peter Goddard和Edward Witten教授的研究。Goddard和Witten教授的工作致力于基本粒子物理的研究，包括它与其他研究领域的联系，从天体物理和宇宙学到凝聚态物理和几何。该项目将在一定程度上支持主要研究人员、一名资深访问者和一大批从事这些主题的博士后研究员的研究。该小组目前和计划中的研究涵盖了非常广泛的主题，包括规范理论(基本粒子物理的现代语言)、弦理论和几何之间的联系；可能与加速器能量相关的超对称粒子物理模型的可能性；计算和研究基本粒子散射幅度的新方法；宇宙暗物质的新实验线索；以及不同维度新旧量子场理论之间的新关系。该项目的更广泛影响包括培养大量年轻的博士后研究人员。多年来，高级研究院(IAS)为年轻的博士后提供了一个理想的“训练场”，让他们与同行中最优秀的人一起工作，积累关键的研究经验。归根结底，IAS博士后有助于向该国最活跃的教学和研究机构提供服务，反过来又充当物理和生物科学学生的导师和教师。IAS还举办了一个广泛参加的暑期班(理论物理展望)，通常是与本项目密切相关的主题，使IAS博士后以及来自美国和世界各地的学生和博士后受益。