Elementary Particles, Nuclei and Relativity

该奖项资助马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的约翰·F·多诺霍教授和洛伦佐·索尔博教授的研究活动。目前，在我们目前的基本相互作用标准模型之外寻找新的物理正处于一个令人兴奋的阶段。在粒子物理学和宇宙学中，都有许多实验机会和新颖的理论思想。教授们的研究。多诺霍和索尔博将探索一系列理论主题，旨在理解和扩展我们的基本理论。这些工作包括在宇宙学或引力应用中的量子场论工作，早期宇宙中膨胀的新物理学，以及对潜在物理定律的不寻常特征的测试。既要注意基本的理论结构，又要注意与实验的互动。预计该项目还将产生重大的更广泛的影响。教授们。多诺霍和索尔博将让研究生参与他们的研究，为年轻科学家提供关键培训。多诺霍教授正在修改他的成功著作《标准模型的动力学》(与教授合著)。Golowich和Holstein)，这为粒子物理的标准模型提供了坚实的基础。两位教授。多诺霍和索尔博还利用他们的专业知识，在普通教育环境中向本科生和非理科学生提供科学指导。

This award funds the research activities of Professors John F. Donoghue and Lorenzo Sorbo at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The search for new physics beyond our present Standard Model of the fundamental interactions is in an exciting phase at the moment. Both in particle physics and cosmology there are many experimental opportunities and novel theoretical ideas. The research of Profs. Donoghue and Sorbo will explore a range of theoretical topics aimed at understanding and extending our fundamental theories. These include work in quantum field theory in cosmological or gravitational applications, new physics for inflation in the early universe, and tests for unusual features of the underlying physical laws. Attention will be paid to both basic theoretical structure and also interplay with experiment. The project is also envisioned to have significant broader impacts. Profs. Donoghue and Sorbo will involve graduate students in their research, providing critical training for young scientists. Prof. Donoghue is revising his successful book "Dynamics of the Standard Model" (with Profs. Golowich and Holstein) which provides a solid grounding in the Standard Model of particle physics. Both Profs. Donoghue and Sorbo also use their expertise in providing science instruction to both undergraduate science students and to non-science students in a general-education setting.