Particle Physics and Cosmology in the LHC Era

该奖项资助加州大学欧文分校的Kevork abazazjian、Mu-Chun Chen、Jonathan Feng、Manoj Kaplinghat、Arvind Rajaraman、Yuri Shirman和Timothy Tait教授的研究活动。这是粒子物理学和宇宙学的一个激动人心的时刻。来自各种粒子物理实验的数据正在加深我们对基本相互作用的理解，并以前所未有的细节探索越来越高能量的物理学。同时，天体物理学和宇宙学中的突出问题也指导着理论工作，宇宙学与粒子物理学的相互作用也取得了丰硕的成果。该基金将支持广泛的前沿研究，着眼于利用粒子物理学、宇宙学的创新思想，并在它们的界面上解决各种领域的突出问题。具体的研究方向包括在地下对撞机中寻找新的基本粒子，研究中微子的性质，以及旨在揭示构成宇宙中大部分物质的神秘暗物质的工作。这项研究还将研究粒子物理学和宇宙学之间的新概念。因此，该奖项支持的研究通过促进科学在最基本方向上的进步来推进国家利益：深化我们对最小和最大长度尺度的物理宇宙的理解，并进一步加深我们对构成和塑造我们宇宙的基本组成部分和力量的认识。该组织活动的更广泛影响是增加公众对物理学和天文学令人兴奋的成果的兴趣和提高公众对这些成果的理解。该组织的活动包括为来自不同社会经济背景的优秀高中生开发和教授一门关于粒子物理学和宇宙学的COSMOS暑期课程，加强在物理学和其他STEM领域中代表性不足的少数族裔的项目，通过印刷和网络媒体进行广泛的公开演讲和推广活动，培训加州大学欧文分校和世界各地的博士后研究人员和研究生，以及在专业服务领域做出的重大贡献。

This award funds the research activities of Professors Kevork Abazajian, Mu-Chun Chen, Jonathan Feng, Manoj Kaplinghat, Arvind Rajaraman, Yuri Shirman, and Timothy Tait at the University of California, Irvine. This is an exciting time in particle physics and cosmology. Data from a variety of particle-physics experiments are deepening our understanding of the fundamental interactions and probing the physics of higher and higher energies with unprecedented detail. At the same time, outstanding questions in astrophysics and cosmology also guide theoretical work, and the interaction between cosmology and particle physics has been very fruitful. This grant will support research across a wide spectrum of frontiers, with an eye towards exploiting innovative ideas in particle physics, cosmology, and at their interface to address outstanding problems in a wide variety of fields. Particular directions to be studied include searches for new elementary particles at underground colliders, studies of the properties of neutrinos, and work that aims to shed light on the mysterious dark matter that makes up most of the matter in the universe. This research will also study new ideas at the interface between particle physics and cosmology. The research supported by this award thus advances the national interest by promoting the progress of science in its most fundamental directions: deepening our understanding of the physical Universe at both the smallest and largest length scales, and furthering our knowledge of the basic building blocks and forces that make up and shape our Universe.The broader impacts of the group's activities are directed toward increasing public interest in and improving public understanding of the exciting results of physics and astronomy. The group's activities include developing and teaching a COSMOS summer course on particle physics and cosmology to high-achieving high school students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, programs to strengthen the representation of underrepresented minorities in physics and other STEM fields, a wide array of public talks and outreach activities through print and web-based media, the training of postdoctoral researchers and graduate students both at UC Irvine and around the world, and significant contributions in the area of professional service.