Research in Theory of Elementary Particles and Cosmology

该奖项资助了斯坦福大学高能理论小组的工作。 该奖项的教职员工是教授萨瓦斯Dimopoulos，Renata Kallosh，Shamit Kachru，安德烈林德，斯蒂芬申克，伊娃西尔弗斯坦和伦纳德Susskind。 根据该奖项，该小组将在理论物理的前沿从事广泛的研究计划。 Dimopoulos将在未来几年内对欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机的数据进行正确的理论解释。他还将继续专注于暗物质的天体物理探测和探测引力波的新方法。 Kallosh，Linde和Silverstein将研究暴胀与基础理论的接口，包括将新的模型嵌入超引力和弦理论。 此外，林德、申克和苏斯金德将继续研究永恒暴胀之谜，而西尔弗斯坦的研究计划将把这些内容与在时间相关背景下研究场论的相互关联的具体计划联系起来。 Kachru和Silverstein建议在Anti de Sitter（AdS）空间中使用全息术来理解有限密度下量子场论的新阶段，Kachru正在研究纯场论问题的补充方案，可能应用于凝聚态系统。 Shenker提出了一项研究计划，以进一步挖掘涉及更高自旋引力理论的新对偶性的经验教训，而Kachru，Shenker和Susskind将追求黑洞理论的最新进展。PI也有追求其研究的更广泛影响的一贯历史，并将在本奖项期间继续这样做。 他们将投入大量精力培养研究生和博士后，他们代表了这个领域的未来。 他们还将继续努力接触更广泛的公众。 在过去，这些更广泛的影响采取了在流行的电视节目中露面的形式，公开讲座，参加活动，如世界科学节，流行书籍和杂志文章的作者，有利于整个领域的组织工作，以及跨学科的教学。这些活动将在颁奖期间继续保持高水平。

This award funds work done by the Stanford High Energy Theory Group. The faculty personnel on this award are Professors Savas Dimopoulos, Renata Kallosh, Shamit Kachru, Andrei Linde, Stephen Shenker, Eva Silverstein and Leonard Susskind. Under this award, this group will engage in a broad program of research at the leading edge of theoretical physics. Dimopoulos will pursue the correct theoretical interpretation of data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN as it sharpens over the next years. He will also continue his focus on astrophysical probes of dark matter and on novel methods of detecting gravitational waves. Kallosh, Linde and Silverstein will work at the interface of inflation with fundamental theory, including the embedding of new classes of models into supergravity and string theory. Furthermore, Linde, Shenker and Susskind will continue their studies of the mysteries of eternal inflation, while Silverstein's program of research will tie these pieces to an interlinked, concrete program of studying field theory in time-dependent backgrounds. Kachru and Silverstein propose to use holography in Anti de Sitter (AdS) space to understand novel phases of quantum field theory at finite density, and Kachru is pursuing a complementary program of research on pure field theory questions with possible applications to condensed matter systems. Shenker proposes a program of research to unearth further lessons from new dualities involving higher-spin theories of gravity, while Kachru, Shenker and Susskind will pursue recent advances in the theory of black holes.The PI's also have a consistent history of pursuing the broader impacts of their research, and will continue to do so during the period of this award. They will devote substantial energy toward the training of graduate students and postdocs, who represent the future of this field. They will also continue their efforts to reach the broader public. In the past these broader impacts have taken the form of appearances in popular television shows, public lectures, participation in events such as the World Science Festival, authorship of popular books and magazine articles, organizational work that benefits the field as a whole, and interdisciplinary teaching. These activities will continue at a high level during this award.