Research in Particle Physics

研究将在理论高能物理的广泛领域进行，包括超引力统一理论和超弦理论。在超引力统一理论中，允许以与最近的数据一致的方式统一弱核力和强核力，分析将探索该理论预测的发现新基本粒子的最有希望的途径。同时，还将研究与质量起源有关的基本问题。在超弦理论中，工作将包括分析以理解猜想的“对偶”关系，这些关系声称看似非常不同的理论实际上是等价的。这个研究计划的目标是解开标准模型之外的下一层物理学，标准模型是一个非常成功地描述了弱核力和强核力的理论，但也留下了许多悬而未决的问题。该计划将寻求一些最有希望的方法，以超越标准模式。

Research will be conducted in a broad area of theoretical high energy physics including supergravity unified theory and superstring theory. In supergravity unified theory, which allows for the unification of the weak and the strong nuclear forces in a way which is consistent with recent data, analyses will explore the most promising avenues for the discovery of new fundamental particles predicted by the theory. At the same time the basic issues related to the origin of mass will be investigated. In superstring theory, work will include analyses to understand conjectured `duality` relations which state that seemingly very different theories are actually equivalent. The goal of this research program is to unravel the next layer of physics that lies beyond the Standard Model, a theory which describes very successfully the weak and the strong nuclear forces, but which leaves a host of open questions. The program will pursue some of the most promising approaches to going beyond the Standard Model.