Buffalo-Case-Cornell-Syracuse Cosmology Workshop at SUNY, Buffalo Fall of 2010.

该奖项为2010年秋季的Buffalo-Case-Cornell-Syracuse宇宙学研讨会提供支持。 这是一系列非常成功的区域会议中的最新一次，这些会议涵盖了现代高能物理学和宇宙学之间的物理学方面。对于粒子物理学、天体物理学和宇宙学之间的研究来说，这是一个特别成熟的时机。 这在很大程度上是由于这样一个事实，即数据很快就会从粒子物理学和天体物理学的大量实验中出现。 其中包括大型强子对撞机（LHC），寻求直接和间接探测暗物质的实验，以及宇宙微波背景探测器，如普朗克。 事实上，在许多情况下，这些不同的实验是相互补充的，每一个实验都提供了一个不同的窗口，进入标准模型之外尚未探索的物理学。NSF对这次会议的支持将使年轻的研究人员（研究生和博士后研究员）能够以较低的费用参加这次会议。 学生和博士后的参与将加强他们的教育，促进他们的研究。它将允许物理学家在职业生涯的不同阶段进行面对面的互动，允许所有人在非正式环境中建立网络，使他们能够分享想法并建立个人联系，并为年轻的研究人员提供机会，通过展示他们的研究来生动地展示自己的专业知识。

This award provides support for the Buffalo-Case-Cornell-Syracuse Workshop on Cosmology in Fall 2010. This is the latest in a series of highly successful regional conferences covering aspects of physics at the interface between modern high-energy physics and cosmology. This is a particularly ripe time for research at the boundary between particle physics and astrophysics and cosmology. This is due, in large part, to the fact that data is soon expected to emerge from a plethora of experiments in both particle physics and astrophysics. These include the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), experiments seeking the direct and indirect detection of Dark Matter, and Cosmic Microwave Background probes such as Planck. Indeed, in many instances these different experiments are complementary to each other, each providing a different window into the as-yet-unexplored physics beyond the Standard Model.NSF support of this conference will enable young researchers (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) to attend this conference at reduced expense. Participation by students and postdocs will enhance their education and promote their research. It will permit face-to-face interactions between physicists at different stages in their careers, allow all to network in an informal setting, enable them to share ideas and establish personal contacts, and provide younger researchers the opportunity to lively exhibit their own expertise through presentations of their research.