Probing New Physics at the Large Hadron Collider and Gravitational Wave Interferometers

该奖项资助内布拉斯加州大学林肯分校黄培思教授的研究活动。大型强子对撞机是一台巨大的地下机器，它将质子束相互散射，以研究物质的基本成分，即基本粒子。考虑到来自大型强子对撞机和之前几代对撞机的大量数据，我们目前对基本粒子和它们之间的力-封装在所谓的粒子物理标准模型中的知识--有了相当可靠的理解。然而，有压倒性的证据表明，在标准模型之外存在着新的物理学。黄教授的研究旨在利用目前和未来的实验探索来促进我们对这一新物理学的理解。因此，黄教授的研究通过促进科学最基本的方向之一--发现和理解新的物理定律--来促进国家利益。预计该项目还将产生更广泛的重大影响。拟议的研究将为不同的研究生和本科生群体提供培训机会。黄教授还将致力于增加STEM的参与度，特别是让女性、其他代表性不足的少数民族和第一代大学生参与进来。更严格地说，拟议的研究将涉及理论计算，并利用正在进行的实验项目的数据，包括大型强子对撞机和引力干涉仪，以推动对基础物理的理解，超越当前的范式。首先，黄博士将研究如何最大限度地发挥大型强子对撞机的发现潜力，重点是希格斯物理。其次，黄博士将利用引力波天文台探索超越标准模型的新物理，专注于在引力波物理和风味物理之间建立联系。第三，黄博士将建立新的物理模型来解决宇宙中的物质-反物质不对称问题。这一奖项反映了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。

This award funds the research activities of Professor Peisi Huang at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Large Hadron Collider is a vast underground machine that scatters beams of protons against each other to study the fundamental constituents of matter, known as elementary particles. Given huge amounts of data from the Large Hadron Collider and generations of colliders before it, we currently have a fairly robust understanding of the elementary particles and the forces between them --- knowledge encapsulated within the so-called Standard Model of particle physics. However, there is overwhelming evidence that there is new physics beyond the Standard Model. Professor Huang's research aims to utilize the current and future experimental probes to advance our understanding of this new physics. As such, Professor Huang's research advances the national interest by promoting the progress of science in one of its most fundamental directions: the discovery and understanding of new physical laws. This project is also envisioned to have significant broader impacts. The proposed research will provide training opportunities for a diverse group of graduate and undergraduate students. Professor Huang will also aim to increase participation in STEM by making a special effort to involve women, other underrepresented minorities, and first-generation college students. More technically, the proposed research will involve theoretical calculations and utilize data from ongoing experimental programs, including the Large Hadron Collider and Gravitational Interferometers, to advance understanding of fundamental physics beyond the current paradigm. First, Dr. Huang will investigate how to maximize the discovery potential of the Large Hadron Collider, with a focus on Higgs physics. Second, Dr. Huang will leverage gravitational wave observatories to probe new physics beyond the Standard Model, focusing on establishing a connection between gravitational wave physics and flavor physics. Third, Dr. Huang will build new physics models to address the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe.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.