Exact Methods in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories and String Theory

理论粒子物理学的研究将探索超弦理论和基本粒子量子场理论之间的新兴界面。我们将详细研究弦理论对量子场论的影响，以及量子场论的精确解对弦理论的影响。具体的研究领域将包括相变和对称破缺，在完全可解的量子场理论的背景下。所讨论的量子场理论是描述夸克和胶子的理论的自然延伸，具有极大的唯象和理论兴趣。它们的高度可解性使人们有可能解决一些关于基本粒子的核心问题，但在其他方面却是难以回答的问题。

Research in theoretical particle physics will explore the emerging interface between superstring theory and quantum field theories of elementary particles. The implications of string theory for quantum field theories, and of exact solutions of quantum field theories for string theory, will be studied in detail. Specific research areas will include phase transitions and symmetry breaking, within the context of exactly solvable quantum field theories. The quantum field theories in question are natural extensions of the theories describing quarks and gluons, and are of great phenomenological as well as theoretical interest. Their high degree of solvability makes it possible to address a number of central yet otherwise-intractible questions about elementary particles.