Research in Theory of Elementary Particles and Cosmology

该奖项资助斯坦福高能理论小组所做的工作。该奖项的教职人员是Savas Dimopoulos， Renata Kallosh, Shamit Kachru, Andrei Linde, Stephen Shenker， Eva Silverstein和Leonard Susskind教授。在这个奖项下，这个小组将在理论物理学的前沿从事广泛的研究项目。diopoulos将在接下来的几年里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器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，包括将新类型的模型嵌入超重力和弦理论。此外，林德、申克和萨斯金德将继续他们对永恒暴胀之谜的研究，而西尔弗斯坦的研究计划将把这些碎片与一个相互关联的、具体的计划联系起来，即在依赖时间的背景下研究场论。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相，Kachru正在进行一个补充项目，研究纯场论问题，并可能将其应用于凝聚态系统。申克提出了一项研究计划，从涉及高自旋引力理论的新二象性中挖掘更多的教训，而Kachru、申克和萨斯金德将继续研究黑洞理论的最新进展。PI也有追求其研究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代表该领域未来的研究生和博士后。他们还将继续努力接触更广泛的公众。在过去，这些更广泛的影响以在流行电视节目中露面、公开演讲、参加世界科学节等活动、撰写流行书籍和杂志文章、对整个领域有益的组织工作以及跨学科教学的形式出现。在此期间，这些活动将继续保持高水平。

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.