Fundamental Physics at Cosmology/High Energy Interface

该奖项资助教授威廉H。布法罗大学、纽约州立大学的Kinney和Dejan Stojkovic说。 这项研究的主要目的是解决宇宙学，引力和高能物理学界面上的基础物理学中尚未解决的重要问题。金尼的研究重点是宇宙膨胀的物理学，这是宇宙最早时刻物理学的主要模型。这项研究将解决对暴胀的观测约束、暴胀的替代方案以及基础物理学的探索等问题。相比之下，Stojkovic将专注于构建，开发和使用非常全面的BlackMax计算机代码来模拟大型强子对撞机的暗物质特征，并解决最近观测数据提出的难题。PI还计划共同努力研究通货膨胀的替代方案，并解决最近观测数据提出的难题。该奖项资助的研究也将产生重大的广泛影响。所开发的工具（如BlackMax软件包）将向公众开放，供广大物理学界使用。该项目还将为本科生和研究生提供一个良好的培训基地，为他们未来的科研事业做好准备。金尼和斯托伊科维奇都非常积极地参与外展活动，例如公开讲座、学校参观、天文馆表演，以及金尼与霍尔沃尔当代艺术中心和布法罗科学博物馆联合举办的正在进行的“科学艺术歌舞表演”。

This award funds the research activities of Professors William H. Kinney and Dejan Stojkovic at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. The primary purpose of this research is to address important unsolved issues of fundamental physics at the interface of cosmology, gravity and high-energy physics. Kinney's research focuses on the physics of Cosmological Inflation, the leading model for the physics of the earliest moments of the universe. This research will address the questions of observational constraints on inflation, alternatives to inflation, and probes of fundamental physics. By contrast, Stojkovic will focus on building, developing, and using the very comprehensive BlackMax computer code for simulating dark matter signatures at the Large Hadron Collider, and addressing puzzles raised by recent observational data. Joint effort by the PIs is also planned in studying alternatives to inflation and addressing the puzzles raised by recent observational data. The research funded by this award will also have significant broader impacts. The tools developed (such as the BlackMax software package) will be made publicly available for the benefit of a wide physics community. This project will also provide an excellent training ground for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, preparing them for future careers in scientific research. Both Kinney and Stojkovic are very active in outreach activities such as public lectures, school visits, planetarium shows, and the ongoing "Science & Art Cabaret" organized by Kinney in conjunction with Hallwall's Contemporary Art Center and the Buffalo Science Museum.