The Particle Physics and Cosmology of Supersymmetry and String Theory

2010年，大型强子对撞机（LHC）将开始对撞加速到接近光速的质子，从而创造出大爆炸后宇宙中发生的条件。大型强子对撞机的实验将探索质量的起源，并寻找新的自然界对称性，比如超对称性。随着普朗克卫星对宇宙微波背景（CMB）和暗能量/暗物质探测器（如联合暗能量任务（JDEM））的成像，宇宙学观测也进入了一个新时代。对超对称理论的理论理解，如超弦及其高维扩展m理论，已经成熟到可以将其结构和预测与这些新数据进行比较的程度。这一提议的目的是建立一个国际性和跨学科的研究网络，由英国、美国和德国的参与机构组成，该网络将探索超弦和m理论结构的广泛类别，并将它们与大型强子对撞机的实验结果和宇宙学观测联系起来。

In 2010, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will begin colliding protons accelerated to close to the speed of light, thus creating conditions that occurred in the universe just after the Big Bang. Experiments at the LHC will explore the origin of mass and search for new symmetries of nature, such as supersymmetry. Cosmological observations are also entering a new era, with the Planck satellite imaging the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and dark energy/dark matter probes such as the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM). The theoretical understanding of supersymmetric theories, such as superstrings and their higher dimensional extension M-theory, has matured to a point where their structure and predictions can be compared with this new data. It is the purpose of this proposal to create an international and interdisciplinary research network, with participating institutions in the UK, the US and Germany, which will explore a wide class of superstring and M-theory constructions and relate them to experimental results from the LHC and to cosmological observations.