RUI: Investigations On Gauge Theories and Casimir Effect

该奖项为Dimitra Karabali教授在纽约（CUNY）莱曼学院（Lehman College）开展的RUI研究项目提供资金。在量子场论中，不存在真正的真空：总是存在零点涨落，在这种涨落中，粒子/反粒子对产生然后湮灭。 卡西米尔效应是指真空本身的动力学产生可测量的效应，即力的现象。因此，对卡西米尔效应的研究是对量子场论基本特征的直接探索。 作为她研究的一部分，Karabali教授将继续在各种环境和各种物理条件下研究Casimir效应。 她还将继续致力于发展一种哈密顿方法来研究杨-米尔斯理论中的非微扰现象，例如禁闭和质量间隙的存在。这个项目也被认为具有更广泛的影响。 具体而言，它将在培养一个积极的，以科学为导向的研究环境中发挥重要作用，在雷曼学院，纽约市立大学，一个主要的本科院校与大量的少数民族学生，被指定为西班牙裔服务机构由美国教育部。它还将支持雷曼兄弟和纽约市立大学城市学院的高能理论研究小组之间的合作。

This award provides funding for an RUI research project carried out by Professor Dimitra Karabali at the Lehman College campus of the City University of New York (CUNY).In quantum field theory, there is no such thing as a true vacuum: there are always zero-point fluctuations in which particle/anti-particle pairs are produced and then annihilated. The Casimir effect refers to a phenomenon whereby the dynamics of the vacuum itself produces a measurable effect, namely a force. Thus, studies of the Casimir effect are direct probes of the underlying features of quantum field theory. As part of her research, Professor Karabali will continue her studies of the Casimir effect in a variety of settings and under a variety of physical conditions. She will also continue her work to develop a Hamiltonian approach towards studying non-perturbative phenomena in Yang-Mills theories, such as confinement and the existence of a mass gap.This project is also envisioned to have significant broader impacts. Specifically, it will play an important role in fostering an active, scientifically oriented research environment at Lehman College, CUNY, a predominantly undergraduate institution with a large number of minority students, designated as a Hispanic serving institution by the U.S. Department of Education. It will also support collaboration between the high-energy theory research groups at Lehman and at City College, CUNY.