Research in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics

该奖项资助名誉教授丹尼尔Z。根据我们目前对自然规律的理解，有四种不同的基本力。 其中之一，重力，似乎有一个非常不同的性质比其他人。 然而，令人惊讶的是，过去20年的研究发现，包含引力的理论和不包含引力的理论之间存在着令人惊讶的联系。 最引人注目的事实是，在一个理论中很难用常规方法研究的重要效应，当从与之相联系的所谓“对偶”理论的角度来研究时，往往变得相对简单。 弗里德曼教授的研究重点是通过利用这些新的联系来开发理解黑洞的新方法。 他还将研究这些连接的某些非平凡测试，验证它们的内部数学一致性。 因此，这一领域的研究通过促进基础科学的进步来促进国家利益。这种研究也被证明是一个很好的训练基地，为年轻的科学家谁有兴趣使用复杂的数学来描述真实的和潜在的真实的应用。 弗里德曼教授的研究涉及与美国和欧洲其他大学的理论物理学家的广泛合作，该奖项提供旅行支持，使这些合作努力能够继续下去。

This award funds the research activities of Emeritus Professor Daniel Z. Freedman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.According to our present understanding of the laws of nature, there are four different fundamental forces. One of these, gravity, appears to have a very different character than the others. Surprisingly, however, research over the past twenty years has uncovered a surprising connection between theories that include the gravitational force and those that do not. Most striking is the fact that important effects which are very difficult to study by conventional methods in one theory often become relatively simple when approached from the perspective of the so-called "dual" theory to which it is connected. Professor Freedman's research focuses on developing new ways to understand black holes by exploiting these new connections. He will also study certain non-trivial tests of these connections, verifying their internal mathematical consistency. Thus, research in this area advances the national interest by promoting the progress of fundamental science. Such research has also proven to be an excellent training ground for junior scientists who are interested in using sophisticated mathematics to describe real and potentially real applications. Professor Freedman's research involves extensive collaboration with theoretical physicists at other universities in the United States and in Europe, and this award provides travel support that will enable these collaborative efforts to continue.