Presidential Young Investigator Award - Intersection BetweenParticle Physics and Astrophysics

将对粒子物理学新思想的天体物理学意义进行理论研究。早期的宇宙被认为具有巨大的密度和温度。这种条件将提供一个比任何可想象的实验室加速器强大几个数量级的天然粒子加速器。这项研究将包括研究新粒子（如果它们存在）对天体物理模型的影响。探测存在于我们银河系或星系外环境中的宇宙弦（早期宇宙的残余物）的可能性的研究将被进行。这项研究将集中在超导宇宙弦上，它可以携带高达100万亿电子伏特的电流。与几个实验小组的合作研究将集中在探测可能构成我们银河系90%的“暗物质”的可能性上。这些粒子可能对我们的太阳和其他恒星产生的影响将被探索。这是总统青年研究员奖。

Theoretical research will be carried out on the astrophysical implications of new ideas in particle physics. The early universe is thought to have had enormous densities and temperatures. The conditions would provide a natural particle accelerator orders of magnitude more powerful than any conceivable laboratory accelerator. The research will involve looking into the effects of new particles, if they exist, on astrophysical models. Research on the possibility of detecting cosmic strings (trapped remnants of the early universe) existing in our galaxy or in extragalactic environments will be undertaken. The research will be focussed on superconducting cosmic strings, which can carry currents of up to one million billion electron volts. Collaborative research with several experimental groups will center on the possibility of detecting "dark matter" that may comprise 90% of our galaxy. The effects that these particles may have on our Sun and on other stars will be explored. This is a Presidential Young Investigator Award.