Problems in Theoretical Physics

理论物理的研究将涉及基本粒子物理、统计力学和天体物理中的各种主题的工作。这些研究将包括用离散点阵代替空间连续体的近似分析强核力的影响，研究共形量子场论(应用于粒子和凝聚态物理)，分析恒星中的弱相互作用现象，研究膨胀宇宙学模型和宇宙中非发光物质的候选者，并在许多其他主题上开展工作。对强核力的离散近似是理解这种力的许多影响的主要方法，弱相互作用现象可以在超新星爆炸等过程中发挥决定性作用，而非发光物质的性质是天文学的主要谜团之一。

Research in theoretical physics will involve work on a great variety of topics in elementary particle physics, statistical mechanics, and astrophysics. The studies will include analyses of the effects of the strong nuclear force using an approximation in which the continuum of space is replaced by a discrete lattice of points, research in conformal quantum field theory (which has applications to particle and condensed matter physics), analyses of weak interaction phenomena in stars, studies of inflationary cosmological models and of candidates for the non-luminous matter in the universe, and work on numerous additional topics. The discrete approximation to the strong nuclear force is the leading approach to understanding many of the effects of this force, weak interaction phenomena can play a decisive role in such processes as a supernova explosion, and the nature of the non-luminous matter is one of the major riddles of astronomy.