PARTICLE AND QUANTUM FIELD THEORY INVESTIGATIONS

该奖项资助纽约大学教授S. Dubovskiy、G. Dvali、G. Gabadadze、M. Porrati和A. Sirlin的研究活动。本研究项目涉及许多相互关联的主题，旨在回答理论物理中的基本问题。其中最主要的问题是：在大型强子对撞机时代，实验学家如何区分新物理学的信号？在尚未完成的量子引力理论中，黑洞的正确描述是什么？更一般地说，量子引力的正确描述是什么？它与其他基本粒子理论的描述有什么关系？如果携带引力的量子，即引力子，有质量，而不是以光速运动，会发生什么？引力子真的能比光移动得快吗？这一定是一个与大质量引力理论相关的无法解决的问题吗？高自旋的基本粒子如何与自身和其他“正常”基本粒子相互作用？作为该项目的一部分，这些研究人员将以并行或合作的方式努力解决这些问题。这个项目还会产生重大的更广泛的影响。所有高级研究人员都与研究生和博士后密切合作进行研究，从而为初级物理学家开始研究提供必要的培训。他们还将像过去一样，就他们的研究成果发表公开演讲，不仅在美国，而且在德国、格鲁吉亚、意大利等国。他们已经根据他们的研究成果开发了新的课程和课程，并将继续这样做，作为这个项目的一部分。

This award funds the research activities of Professors S. Dubovskiy, G. Dvali, G. Gabadadze, M. Porrati and A. Sirlin at New York University.This research project involves a number of interrelated topics aiming to answer fundamental questions in theoretical physics. Chief among them: how can experimentalists distinguish the signals of new physics in the Large Hadron Collider era? What is the correct description of black holes in the yet-to-be-completed theory of quantum gravity? More generally, what is indeed the correct description of quantum gravity? How is it related to the description of all other theories of elementary particles? What can happen if the quantum carrying the gravitational force, the graviton, has a mass, instead of moving at the speed of light? Can the graviton actually move faster than light? Is this necessarily an unresolvable problem associated with a massive gravity theory? How do fundamental particles of high spin interact with themselves and with other, "normal" elementary particles? As part of this project, these researchers will work towards solving these problems, both in parallel and in collaboration.There are also significant broader impacts are germane to this project. All of the senior investigators conduct their research in close collaboration with graduate students and postdocs, thereby providing essential training to junior physicists beginning research. They will also give public lectures on their research results, as they did in the past, not only in the USA but also in Germany, Georgia, Italy, etc. They have already developed new courses and curricula based on their research results, and will continue to do so as part of this project.