XXVIIth International Conference on Supersymmetry and Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY 2019) and Pre-SUSY Training Workshop (Pre-SUSY 2019)

第二十七届超对称与基本相互作用统一国际会议 (SUSY 2019) 和 Pre-SUSY 培训研讨会 (Pre-SUSY 2019)

• 批准号: 1931322
• 负责人: Barbara Szczerbinska
• 金额: $ 1.32万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-05-15 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1931322&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: XXVIIth; International; Conference; Supersymmetry; Unification

This grant award is made to Professor Barbara Szczerbinska at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, in support of the SUSY 2019 Conference and SUSY 2019 Pre-School. The Standard Model of particle physics successfully explains virtually all data which has ever been collected at high-energy collider experiments. Supersymmetry (SUSY) is one of most elegant extensions of the Standard Model and allows scientists to address a number of theoretical issues left unresolved by the Standard Model. These include the origin and stability of certain mass scales which appear in the theory. SUSY also predicts the existence of certain particles which might serve as ideal candidates for the unseen dark matter of the universe, searches for which are ongoing in a number of experiments worldwide. SUSY also allows the different fundamental forces to be unified into a single "grand-unified" force at high energy scales. Searches for SUSY are ongoing at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). SUSY also plays a prominent role in string theory and in many other ideas for physics beyond the Standard Model. As a result of the central importance of supersymmetry in modern particle physics, the annual SUSY conferences have grown over the past 20 years to become the dominant annual international physics conferences focused on physics beyond the Standard Model. As such, these conferences provide a unique venue for discussions not only on the status of SUSY but also on diverse topics such as connections between particle physics and cosmology, supersymmetry and its alternatives, the Higgs particle, the physics of neutrinos, dark matter, astro-particle physics, gravitational waves, and string theory. The SUSY conferences also include discussions of results from the Large Hadron Collider, recent neutrino experiments and observations, direct and indirect dark-matter detection experiments, detection of gravitational waves, data from particle colliders, as well as measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure in the universe. Moreover, starting this year, the SUSY conferences will also be featuring connections between high-energy physics and experimental techniques from Atomic/Molecular/Optical (AMO) physics and Quantum Information Science, thereby increasing the interdisciplinarity of this conference.SUSY 2019 (the XXVIIth International Conference on Supersymmetry and Unification of Fundamental Interactions) will be hosted by Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC), during May 20-24, 2019. The annual SUSY conferences are typically attended by large numbers of young postdocs and students each year, and as a result a tradition has developed wherein each SUSY conference is also preceded by a "school" or training workshop dedicated to providing these future young researchers the background to fully profit from the contents of the conference, as well as to educate them in state-of-the-art methods of experimental and theoretical high-energy physics. This objective is fulfilled through a series of high-level lectures and talks by well-known active researchers in the field of high-energy physics. Accordingly, the SUSY 2019 conference will be preceded by a four-day pre-SUSY training workshop which will take place on TAMU-CC campus during the week prior the SUSY 2019 conference (May 15-18, 2019).Support for the SUSY 2019 Conference and the SUSY 2019 pre-School will have significant broader impacts. Both the Conference and pre-School will help young scientists to interact with theoretical and experimental colleagues and thereby broaden their knowledge of particle physics. These educational goals are important to the integration of young scientists into the community, and to maintain the vibrancy of the field. As such, support for these events advances the national interest by promoting the progress of science and the training of the next generation of researchers in the United States. Throughout the planning for this conference, care has been taken to ensure a diverse set of speakers at all levels as well as a diverse set of conference participants. Moreover, a fund will be made available to help cover the expenses of students from underrepresented institutions, as well as underrepresented minorities and women.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.

该奖项授予德克萨斯农工大学Corpus Christi的Barbara Szczerbinska教授，以支持SUSY 2019会议和SUSY 2019学前教育。粒子物理的标准模型成功地解释了几乎所有在高能对撞机实验中收集到的数据。超对称性(SUSY)是标准模型最优雅的扩展之一，它允许科学家解决标准模型遗留下来的许多理论问题。这些问题包括理论中出现的某些质量标度的起源和稳定性。苏西还预测了某些粒子的存在，这些粒子可能是宇宙中看不见的暗物质的理想候选者，世界各地正在进行一些实验来寻找这种物质。苏西还允许不同的基本力在高能尺度下统一为单一的“大统一”力。在大型强子对撞机(LHC)上，对SUSY的搜索正在进行中。苏西在弦理论和许多其他超越标准模型的物理学思想中也扮演着重要的角色。由于超对称性在现代粒子物理学中的核心重要性，在过去的20年里，每年的SUSY会议已经发展成为主要的年度国际物理会议，重点是超越标准模型的物理。因此，这些会议不仅提供了一个独特的场所，不仅可以讨论超对称的地位，而且还可以讨论不同的主题，如粒子物理和宇宙学之间的联系，超对称性及其替代品，希格斯粒子，中微子物理，暗物质，天文粒子物理，引力波和弦理论。SUSY会议还包括讨论大型强子对撞机的结果，最近的中微子实验和观测，直接和间接暗物质探测实验，引力波的探测，粒子对撞机的数据，以及宇宙微波背景和宇宙大尺度结构的测量。此外，从今年开始，SUSY会议还将以高能物理与原子/分子/光学(AMO)物理和量子信息科学的实验技术之间的联系为主题，从而增加本次会议的跨学科。SUSY 2019(XXVIIth国际超对称和基本相互作用统一会议)将于2019年5月20-24日由德克萨斯农工大学语料库克里斯蒂(TAMU-CC)主办。一年一度的SUSY会议通常每年都有大量年轻的博士后和学生参加，因此形成了一种传统，在每次SUSY会议之前，还会有一个“学校”或培训研讨会，致力于为这些未来的年轻研究人员提供充分从会议内容中获利的背景，以及教育他们最先进的实验和理论高能物理方法。这一目标是通过高能物理领域知名活跃研究人员的一系列高级别讲座和演讲来实现的。因此，在2019年SUSY大会之前，将在2019年SUSY大会前一周(2019年5月15日至18日)在TAMU-CC校园举行为期四天的SUSY前培训研讨会。对SUSY 2019大会和SUSY 2019年学前教育的支持将产生重大的更广泛影响。会议和学前班都将帮助青年科学家与理论和实验同事互动，从而拓宽他们对粒子物理的知识。这些教育目标对于青年科学家融入社区和保持该领域的活力非常重要。因此，通过促进科学进步和美国下一代研究人员的培训，对这些活动的支持促进了国家利益。在这次会议的整个规划过程中，一直注意确保各级发言者和与会者的多样性。此外，还将提供一项基金，帮助支付来自代表性不足院校的学生以及代表性不足的少数族裔和妇女的费用。这一奖励反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。