Research in Theory of Elementary Particles and Cosmology

该奖项资助斯坦福大学高能理论小组所做的工作。该奖项的教职员工是萨瓦斯·迪莫普洛斯教授、雷纳塔·卡洛什教授、沙米特·卡赫鲁教授、安德烈·林德教授、斯蒂芬·申克教授、伊娃·西尔弗斯坦教授和伦纳德·苏斯金德教授。根据这一奖项，这个小组将从事理论物理前沿的广泛研究计划。迪莫普洛斯将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，因为它将在未来几年变得更加尖锐。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。卡洛什、林德和西尔弗斯坦将在膨胀与基本理论的界面上工作，包括将新的模型嵌入到超重力和弦理论中。此外，林德、申克和苏斯金德将继续研究永恒膨胀的奥秘，而西尔弗斯坦的研究计划将把这些片段与一个相互关联的具体计划联系起来，研究依赖时间的背景下的场论。Kachru和Silverstein建议使用反德西特(ADS)空间中的全息术来理解有限密度量子场论的新相位，Kachru正在进行一个补充计划，研究纯场理论问题，并可能应用于凝聚态系统。申克提出了一项研究计划，以从涉及更高自旋的引力理论的新二元论中挖掘出进一步的教训，而卡赫鲁、申克和苏斯金德将在黑洞理论方面寻求最新进展。国际和平研究所也一直在追求他们研究的更广泛影响，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，接触到更广泛的公众。在过去，这些更广泛的影响表现为出现在受欢迎的电视节目、公开演讲、参加世界科学节等活动、撰写受欢迎的书籍和杂志文章、使整个领域受益的组织工作以及跨学科教学。在本次颁奖期间，这些活动将继续在高水平上进行。

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.