U.S.-Korea Cooperative Research on Field Theories in Various Dimensions

本申请书要求资助波士顿大学物理系苏永博士与首尔城市大学物理系闵贤洙博士进行为期24个月的多维度场论合作研究。延世大学物理系Jae Hyung Yee博士将担任闵博士的顾问，以促进闵博士与美国科学家的合作研究。本研究将涉及三个主要课题，即：(1)有限温度场理论；(2) chen - simons规范理论中的粒子和孤子动力学；(3)低维引力理论。合作者期望使用功能薛定谔方法，他们将在重整化群，熵和束缚态计算的方向上进一步发展。合作者期望在各个维度上对场理论的理论结构产生新的和重要的理解。潜在的好处包括物理理论的进步和两所大学物理系的加强。一个特别的好处是有可能吸引优秀的韩国研究生到波士顿大学做研究。该项目与美韩合作科学项目的目标相关，该项目旨在通过科学信息、思想、技能和技术的交流以及在互利问题上的合作，提高美韩科学家和工程师之间的合作水平。闵博士参与的项目得到了韩国科学与工程基金会（KOSEF）的支持。＊＊＊

Pi 9512460 This proposal requests funds to permit Dr. So Young Pi, Department of Physics, Boston University, to pursue with Dr. Hyunsoo Min, Department of Physics, Seoul City University, for a period of 24 months, a program of cooperative research on field theories in various dimensions. Dr. Jae Hyung Yee, Department of Physics, Yonsei University, will serve in an advisory capacity with Dr. Min so as to facilitate Dr. Min's entry into collaborative research with the U.S. scientist. This research will address three principal subjects, namely: (1) finite temperature field theories; (2) dynamics of particles and solitons in Chern-Simons gauge theories; and (3) low dimensional gravity theories. The collaborators expect to use the functional Schr dinger method, which they will further develop in the direction of renormalization group, entropy, and bound-state calculations. The collaborators expect to produce new and important understanding of the theoretical structured for field theories in various dimensions. Potential benefits include advances in physical theory and strengthening of the Physics Departments at both universities. A special benefit is the likelihood of attracting outstanding Korean graduate students to do research at Boston University. This project is relevant to the objectives of the U.S.-Korea Cooperative Science Program which seeks to increase the level of cooperation between U.S. and Korean scientists and engineers through the exchange of scientific information, ideas, skills, and techniques and through collaboration on problems of mutual benefit. Dr. Min's participation in the project is supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF). ***