Elementary Particle Theory

这项提案要求支持一项关于领域理论中不寻常的主题组合的持续研究计划。它们包括在宇称和时间反转下不变的非厄米哈密顿量，双正交量子力学，Nambu动力学，以及非相对论弦和膜。虽然这些话题有相当大的内在兴趣，但尚不清楚它们是否对粒子物理学领域产生了重大影响。PI是著名的数学物理学家，他们的工作质量很高。这一提议的更广泛影响包括在联邦资金相对较少的地理区域对研究型大学的学生进行培训。它们还包括以标准出版物、网页以及在会议和研讨会上发表演讲的形式广泛传播研究成果。它们还有助于延续著名的粒子物理学“迈阿密会议”。

This proposal request support for a continuing research program on an unusual combination of topics in field theory. They include non-Hermitian Hamiltonians which are in invariant under parity and time reversal, biorthogonal quantum mechanics, Nambu dynamics, and nonrelativistic strings and branes. While these topics have considerable intrinsic interest, it is not clear that they have a significant impact on the field of particle physics. The PI's are well-known mathematical physicists whose work is of good quality. The broader impacts of this proposal include the training of students at a research university in a relatively under-represented geographical region in terms of federal funding. They also involve the wide dissemination of the research results in the form of standard publications, web pages, and talks at conferences and seminars. They also help to continue the well-known "Miami Conferences" in particle physics.