Presidential Young Investigator Award: Studies of Rare K Meson Decays and Proton-Antiproton Collisions (Physics)

该奖项支持总统青年研究员尼古拉斯·J·哈德利博士在基本粒子物理学方面的研究。哈德利博士正在从事两个项目：(A)在布鲁克海文国家实验室对罕见的K介子衰变进行实验研究；(B)在费米实验室对撞机上进行“D0”实验。这两个实验都是对基本力性质的研究。他们在极小的距离内探测物质的成分。这些成分及其相互作用影响着宇宙的演化，并决定着物质的微观结构。布鲁克海文实验将研究一种对新的、非常大质量的粒子的存在非常敏感的衰变过程。费米实验室实验将进行测量，以检验和改进当前基本力的“标准模型”。

This award supports research in elementary particle physics by Dr. Nicholas J. Hadley, a Presidential Young Investigator. Dr. Hadley is working on two projects: (a) an experimental search for rare K meson decays at Brookhaven National Laboratory; and (b) the "D0" Experiment at the Fermilab Collider. Both of these experiments are studies of the nature of fundamental forces. They probe the constituents of matter at extremely small distances. These constituents and their interactions affect the evolution of the universe and determine the microscopic structure of matter. The Brookhaven experiment will study a decay process which is sensitive to the existence of new, very massive particles. The Fermilab experiment will make measurements which test and refine the current "standard model" of fundamental forces.