2016 Summer Program at Center for Theoretical Underground Physics and Related Areas (CETUP*)

该奖项将为第六届CETUP*（理论地下物理及相关领域中心）暑期项目提供支持，该项目计划于2016年6月6日至7月16日在SD的Lead/Deadwood举行。CETUP*的主要目标是将具有不同专业知识的人聚集在一起，解决粒子和核物理、天体物理、宇宙学和地球科学中最令人兴奋的问题。今年的项目将重点关注暗物质、中微子物理和统一，汇集了暗物质、中微子物理、粒子物理、核物理、天体物理学和宇宙学方面的专家。基础研究影响着许多科学技术领域。特别是，更好地理解中微子的性质可能会对天体物理学和宇宙学产生重大影响，并可能为当前的难题提供解决方案，例如物质比反物质丰富，更好地了解新的基本粒子之间的潜在联系，将允许确定它们对早期宇宙的影响。CETUP*项目将为不同年龄和国籍的科学家之间的研究合作提供一个刺激的环境，并培养年轻科学家，包括本科生和研究生以及代表性不足的群体。该奖项将为参加这个夏季项目的早期职业科学家和学生提供旅行支持。应邀参加该计划的科学家不仅将为地下科学提供理论支持，而且还将研究潜在的普遍问题，包括：暗物质的本质是什么？中微子质量的起源是什么？中微子是如何影响宇宙的演化的？早期宇宙中从铁到铀的元素是如何产生的？地球的起源和热历史是什么？超新星是如何爆炸的？宇宙中物质与反物质不对称的起源是什么？宇宙的基本对称性是什么？以及宇宙是否存在大统一理论？2016年CETUP*将包括为期6周的课程。在为期两周的关于长基线中微子实验近距离探测器的物理和仪器的会议之后，将进行为期两周的中微子物理/统一会议：“从大统一到弦理论和回归”，该计划将以为期两周的暗物质会议结束。

This award will provide support for the sixth CETUP* (Center for Theoretical Underground Physics and Related Areas) summer program that is planned to take place on June 6 - July 16, 2016 in Lead/Deadwood, SD. The main goal of CETUP* is to bring together people with different expertise to address the most exciting questions in particle and nuclear physics, astrophysics, cosmology and geosciences. This year's program will focus on Dark Matter, Neutrino Physics and Unification, bringing together experts in dark matter, neutrino physics, particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Basic research impacts many areas of science and technology. In particular, understanding neutrino properties better could have significant implications in astrophysics and cosmology, and may offer solutions to the current puzzles such as the abundance of matter over antimatter, and better knowledge of the potential connections between new fundamental particles will allow the determination of their impact on the early universe. The CETUP* program will offer a stimulating environment for research collaborations between scientists of varying ages and nationalities and the training of young scientists, including undergraduate and graduate students and under-represented groups. The award will provide travel support for the early career scientists and students to participate in this summer program.Scientists invited to participate in the program will not only provide theoretical support to the underground science, but they will also examine the underlying universal questions including: What is the nature of dark matter? What is the origin of neutrino masses? How have neutrinos shaped the evolution of the universe? How were the elements from iron to uranium made in the early universe? What is the origin and thermal history of the Earth? How do supernovae explode? What is the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe? What are the fundamental underlying symmetries of the Universe? and Is there a Grand Unified Theory of the Universe? The 2016 CETUP* will consist of a 6-week long program. The two-week long session on Physics and Instrumentation of the Near Detector for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiments will be followed by the two-week long Neutrino Physics/Unification session: "From Grand Unification to String Theory and Back" and the program will end with a two-week long session on Dark Matter.