Theoretical Physics

理论物理

• 批准号: 1316617
• 负责人: George Sterman
• 金额: $ 160.5万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Stony Brook
• 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: 2013-09-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1316617&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Theoretical; Physics

This award funds the research activities of Professors Maria C. Gonzalez-Garcia, Christopher P. Herzog, Leonardo Rastelli, Martin Rocek, Robert Shrock, Warren Siegel and George Sterman at Stony Brook University.These research activities span a wide range of topics in theoretical physics, largely based on quantum field theory and string theory. Recent years have seen a renaissance of engagement between theory and experiment in particle physics, with new and exciting data from the Large Hadron Collider, from neutrino observatories and from cosmic ray satellites. These new sources of information about our universe enable theorists to test long-standing ideas against evolving data, and to develop new theoretical methods to guide experiment. At the same time, novel applications of quantum field and string theory have been developed in and beyond particle physics, opening unexpected avenues of research into nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum information, sometimes with applications in pure mathematics. As active participants in these historic developments, the senior personnel of this award will continue and develop their work in high energy collider physics, neutrino and astroparticle physics, applications of gauge-gravity duality, extensions of the Standard Model, electroweak symmetry breaking, leptogenesis, superstrings, the geometry of supersymmetric gauge theories, and the theory of the strong interactions. By advancing our knowledge of the laws of nature and by contributing to a better understanding of the physical universe, this research has significant broader impacts and implications for our world view. Indeed, many of the topics under study by the senior participants are frequently discussed in the media, such as the discovery of the Higgs boson, the role of neutrinos in the Universe, string theory and the quark-gluon plasma. The research outlined in this proposal will also serve in the training of graduate students and mentoring of postdoctoral fellows. The faculty on this proposal conduct their research with graduate students, and share their experience and expertise with undergraduates and community members, in and beyond the classroom.

该奖项资助石溪大学的 Maria C. Gonzalez-Garcia、Christopher P. Herzog、Leonardo Rastelli、Martin Rocek、Robert Shrock、Warren Siegel 和 George Sterman 教授的研究活动。这些研究活动涵盖理论物理领域的广泛主题，主要基于量子场论和弦理论。 近年来，随着大型强子对撞机、中微子观测站和宇宙射线卫星提供的令人兴奋的新数据，粒子物理学的理论与实验之间的结合出现了复兴。 这些关于我们宇宙的新信息来源使理论学家能够根据不断变化的数据来测试长期存在的想法，并开发新的理论方法来指导实验。 与此同时，量子场和弦理论的新颖应用在粒子物理学内外得到了发展，为核物理学、凝聚态物理学和量子信息的研究开辟了意想不到的途径，有时还应用于纯数学。 作为这些历史性发展的积极参与者，该奖项的高级人员将继续并发展他们在高能对撞机物理、中微子和天体粒子物理、规范重力二象性的应用、标准模型的扩展、电弱对称破缺、轻子发生、超弦、超对称规范理论几何和强相互作用理论方面的工作。通过增进我们对自然法则的了解，并有助于更好地理解物理宇宙，这项研究对我们的世界观产生了更广泛的影响和影响。 事实上，高级参与者研究的许多主题经常在媒体上讨论，例如希格斯玻色子的发现、中微子在宇宙中的作用、弦理论和夸克胶子等离子体。 该提案中概述的研究还将用于研究生的培训和博士后的指导。 该提案的教师与研究生一起进行研究，并在课堂内外与本科生和社区成员分享他们的经验和专业知识。