New Pathways Connecting Theory and Experiment

该奖项资助教授玛丽K的研究活动。加州大学伯克利分校的盖拉尔、劳伦斯J霍尔和村山仁。 粒子物理学领域以及宇宙学和天体物理学的相关领域提出了关于我们宇宙内部（和外部）运作的基本问题，宇宙如何开始，它是由什么组成的，我们如何存在，我们要去哪里，以及什么样的法律支配一切。 这一领域的研究进展非常快，在粒子碰撞中具有前所未有的能量，在罕见现象中具有前所未有的灵敏度，在精密测量中具有前所未有的精度。 为了加速这一领域的进展，盖拉尔教授、霍尔教授和村山教授致力于开发将深层理论概念与实验可测量过程联系起来的新思想。 他们还试图利用新获得的数据来塑造基础物理学的理论。 特别是，他们的目标是发现新的途径来连接理论和实验，这有助于设计在这一领域的未来实验计划。 理解这些深刻而深刻的问题，通过推动基础科学的进步来增进国家利益。 此外，这些深刻的问题激发了普通公众和年轻人的思想，盖拉尔教授、霍尔教授和村山教授将通过讲座、学校、公共媒体和科普书籍，致力于培养年轻科学家和公众宣传工作。 它们还积极致力于促进各个层面的多样性，从技术上讲，预计在理解以前从未探测过的能量尺度上的物理定律方面将取得重大进展，这些定律与天体物理学和宇宙学有着密切的联系。理论研究需要将这些领域联系在一起，形成一个连贯的框架，并揭示从粒子和弦的最小尺度到宇宙的最大尺度的深层秘密。 与该项目相关的研究包括许多主题：对撞机物理学，暗物质，中微子，夸克味，超对称现象学和理论，观测宇宙学，场论，弦理论和多元宇宙。 这项研究还将在多个方面产生更广泛的影响。 这些研究人员将继续作为导师和教师的努力，大力关注促进多样性。 通过他们的QuarkNet参与，他们还将接触到高中教师和学生。 最后，盖拉尔教授、霍尔教授和村山教授一直积极开展公开讲座，并计划继续努力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award funds the research activities of Professors Mary K. Gaillard, Lawrence J. Hall, and Hitoshi Murayama at the University of California, Berkeley. The field of particle physics and related areas in cosmology and astrophysics ask fundamental questions about the inner (and outer) workings of our Universe, how the Universe began, what it is made of, how we have come to exist, where we are going, and what laws govern everything. This area of research is moving very fast, venturing into unprecedented energies in particle collisions, unprecedented sensitivities in rare phenomena, and unprecedented accuracies in precision measurements. To accelerate the progress in this area, Professors Gaillard, Hall, and Murayama aim to develop novel ideas connecting deep theoretical concepts to experimentally measurable processes. They also seek to use newly obtained data to shape theories of fundamental physics. In particular, they aim to discover new pathways to connect theories and experiments which aid in designing the future experimental program in this area. Understanding these deep and profound problems advances the national interest by promoting the progress of fundamental science. Moreover, these kinds of profound questions excite the general public and young minds, and Professors Gaillard, Hall, and Murayama will be engaged in training junior scientists and in public outreach efforts through lectures, schools, public media, and popular science books. They also actively aim to promote diversity at all levels.More technically, major advances are expected in understanding the laws of physics at energy scales never probed before, with strong connections to astrophysics and cosmology. Research in theory is needed to tie these areas together into a coherent framework and uncover deep secrets that span the range from the smallest scales of particles and strings to the largest scales of the Universe. The research associated with this project includes a number of topics: collider physics, dark matter, neutrinos, quark flavor, phenomenology and theory of supersymmetry, observational cosmology, field theory, string theory, and the multiverse. This research will also have broader impacts on multiple fronts. These researchers will continue their efforts as mentors and teachers, with strong attention to promoting diversity. Through their QuarkNet involvement they will also reach out to high-school teachers and their students. Finally, Professors Gaillard, Hall, and Murayama have been very active in giving public lectures and plan to continue these efforts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.