Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics

基本粒子物理学的理论研究将集中在(1)额外希格斯玻色子的现象学和宇宙学意义，(2)如果希格斯玻色子在未来两年内被发现，对超对称的影响，(3)研究标准模型基态的潜在不稳定性是否在经验上可以接受，(4)提出了在连续电子束加速器设施中寻找轻子数违反的一类新实验的建议。希格斯玻色子代表了弱核力的一个方面，对它基本上还一无所知。然而，它们是我们理解这种力量的一个非常核心的方面。因此，研究这些玻色子是极其重要的。轻子数违反从未被发现过，但它的存在被许多有趣的模型所预测，因此寻找它是相当有趣的。

Theoretical research in elementary particle physics will focus on (1) The phenomenological and cosmological implications of extra Higgs bosons, (2) The implications for supersymmetry if a Higgs boson were to be discovered within the next two years, (3) Study of whether a potential instability of the standard model ground state is empirically acceptable, and (4) A proposal for a new class of experiments searching for lepton number violation at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility. The Higgs bosons represent the one aspect of the weak nuclear force about which essentially nothing is yet known. Yet, they are a very central aspect of our understanding of this force. Thus, study of these bosons is extremely important. Lepton number violation has never been seen, but its existence is predicted by a number of intriguing models, so searching for it is of considerable interest.