Transport Processes in Matter at High Densities and Temperatures

理论物理的研究将包括研究高密度和高温下物质的传输过程，这些过程与粒子物理、核物理、等离子体物理、天体物理和凝聚态物理有关。将对中子星热演化的基本过程进行研究，并对最近的观测数据进行解释。这项研究很重要，因为中子星物质是独一无二的（宇宙中密度最大的稳定物质），它为我们提供了在实验室实验中不易获得的信息。此外，即将产生的新等离子体的性质——非相对论性电子-正电子等离子体——将被研究。本研究的重要性在于通过与传统等离子体系统的比较，加深了我们对等离子体的理解，更重要的是，有助于指导在实验室中创建电子-正电子等离子体的实验工作。

Research in theoretical physics will include studies of transport processes in matter at high densities and temperatures that pertain to particle physics, nuclear physics, plasma physics, astrophysics and condensed matter physics. A study of elementary processes associated with the thermal evolution of neutron stars together with interpreting the recent observational data will be performed. This study is important because neutron star matter is unique (the densest stable matter in the universe) in providing us with information that is not easily accessible in laboratory experiments. In addition, the properties of a soon-to-be-created new plasma---the non- relativistic electron-positron plasma---will be studied. The importance of this study lies in deepening our understanding of the plasma through comparison with conventional plasma systems and, more importantly, helping guide the experimental efforts in creating the electron- positron plasma in the laboratory.