Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics

一个广泛的理论物理研究项目将包括黑洞的量子力学、宇宙整体结构中膨胀的含义、早期宇宙中的粒子物理、超弦理论、统一理论的超对称现象学，以及弱和电磁力理论的高精度现象学。黑洞物理学、超弦理论、早期宇宙的暴胀理论和超对称大统一理论是将物理学推向普朗克尺度或接近普朗克尺度的新领域的努力的核心，普朗克尺度是一个极高的能量，在那里经典时空的标准概念不再适用。同时，弱相互作用和电磁相互作用的标准模型及其扩展，如超对称理论和彩色技术，必须通过对当前和未来实验数据的高精度分析来检验其有效性。

A broad program of research in theoretical physics will include work on the quantum mechanics of black holes, the implications of inflation for the global structure of the universe, particle physics in the early universe, superstring theory, supersymmetric phenomenology of unified theories, and high precision phenomenology of the theory of the weak and electromagnetic forces. Black hole physics, superstring theory, inflationary theory of the early universe, and supersymmetric grand unified theories are at the center of efforts to push physics to new frontiers at or near the Planck scale, an extremely high energy where the standard notions of classical space-time are no longer applicable. At the same time, the validity of the standard model of the weak and electromagnetic interactions and its extensions such as supersymmetric theories and technicolor must be checked through high precision analysis of current and future experimental data.