Research in Particle Theory

理论基本粒子物理学的研究将包括在超弦理论和实验物理学之间建立联系的努力，以及预测在超对称的本质中可能出现的实验信号。超弦理论是一个很有希望的候选理论，它可以描述包括重力在内的所有自然力，超对称把构成物质的粒子（如电子）的行为与作为各种力的载体的粒子（如光子）的行为联系起来，超对称是一个非常困难和重要的问题。如果超弦理论是正确的，那么超对称确实存在于自然界中，因此阐明这种存在的后果是很重要的。

Research in theoretical elementary particle physics will include efforts to make contact between superstring theory and experimental physics, and to predict the experimental signals that would be expected in the presence in nature of supersymmetry. Superstring theory is a promising candidate for a theory that describes all the forces of nature, including gravity, but determining the experimentally testable consequences of this theory is a very difficult and important problem Supersymmetry relates the behavior of particles (such as the electron) which are the constituents of matter to that of particles (such as the photon) which serve as the carriers of the various forces. If superstring theory is right, then supersymmetry is indeed present in nature, so the consequences of this presence are important to elucidate.