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Dark Matter: Fundamental Processes and Quantum Information Aspects

暗物质：基本过程和量子信息方面

基本信息

批准号：
2111743
负责人：
Daniel Boyanovsky
金额：
$ 22.5万
依托单位：
University of Pittsburgh
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-08-15 至 2024-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2111743&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Dark Matter Fundamental Processes Quantum

项目摘要

This award funds the research activities of Professor Daniel Boyanovsky at the University of Pittsburgh. Dark Matter constitutes over 80% of the matter content of the Universe. It is also a fundamental ingredient in the formation of Galaxies such us our Milky Way. Yet after more than two decades of experiments dedicated to its direct detection, the nature of Dark Matter remains unknown. Understanding the nature of Dark Matter is thus one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time, fueling a large theoretical and observational effort. Research in this area advances the national interest by promoting the progress of science in one of its most fundamental directions: understanding the nature of the fundamental building blocks of the natural world. In his research, Professor Boyanovsky aims to develop new methods through which to study the production and observational consequences of dark matter. He will also explore intriguing connections of this research to research in another discipline called "quantum information theory". This project also has significant broader and interdisciplinary impacts. Professor Boyanovsky will involve graduate students in his research, thereby providing critical training for junior physicists beginning research in this field. He also intends to give public lectures and develop new course curricula based on the results of his research, thereby stimulating the curiosity of the general public and the next generation of physicists. More technically, Professor Boyanovsky will study alternative production mechanisms of dark matter as a consequence of cosmological expansion and associated non-equilibrium dynamical processes. Incorporating the efforts of graduate students, these research projects will also explore recently-revealed intriguing connections between the dynamics of production and evolution of dark matter and aspects of quantum information. This aspect of the research program makes this endeavor truly interdisciplinary, with broad impact across fields and providing an enriching interdisciplinary educational component.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.

该奖项资助匹兹堡大学教授丹尼尔博扬诺夫斯基的研究活动。暗物质占宇宙物质含量的80%以上。它也是形成银河系的基本成分，比如我们的银河系。然而，经过二十多年的直接探测实验，暗物质的性质仍然未知。因此，了解暗物质的性质是我们这个时代最大的科学挑战之一，推动了大量的理论和观测工作。这一领域的研究通过促进科学在其最基本的方向之一的进步来促进国家利益：理解自然世界的基本组成部分的本质。在他的研究中，Boyanovsky教授的目标是开发新的方法来研究暗物质的产生和观测结果。他还将探索这项研究与另一门学科“量子信息理论”的有趣联系。该项目还具有广泛的跨学科影响。 Boyanovsky教授将让研究生参与他的研究，从而为开始这一领域研究的初级物理学家提供关键培训。他还打算公开演讲，并根据他的研究成果开发新的课程，从而激发公众和下一代物理学家的好奇心。从技术上讲，Boyanovsky教授将研究暗物质的替代生产机制，作为宇宙膨胀和相关非平衡动力学过程的结果。除了研究生的努力，这些研究项目还将探索最近发现的暗物质的产生和演化动力学与量子信息方面之间的有趣联系。这方面的研究计划使这项奋进真正的跨学科，跨领域的广泛影响，并提供了丰富的跨学科教育组成部分。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。