Novel Approaches to Outstanding Problems in M/Superstring Theory, Supergravity and Supersymmetric Gauge Theories

该奖项资助宾夕法尼亚州立大学木拉提·古纳丁教授和拉杜·罗伊班教授的研究活动。Gunaydin教授和Roiban教授的研究侧重于调查，旨在帮助揭示M/超弦理论的基本原理以及它们与传统高能粒子物理的联系。因此，这个项目集中在弦理论、M理论和超重力界面上的一些主题，包括六维共形场理论、ADS/CFT对偶和新的超重力理论的研究。这项研究的最终目标是揭示一种可以解释可观测宇宙的M/超弦理论的非微扰公式。预计该项目还将产生更广泛的重大影响。由于对称性原理在所有现代物理学中起着基础性的作用，通过这项研究开发的方法和获得的结果将在理论物理的其他领域以及数学中得到应用。该项目还将涉及对参与这项研究的研究生和博士后的教育和培训。

This award funds the research activities of Professors Murat Gunaydin and Radu Roiban at Penn State University. The research of Professors Gunaydin and Roiban focuses on investigations which are envisioned to help uncover the underlying principles of M/Superstring theory as well as their connection to traditional high-energy particle physics. As such, this project focuses on a number of topics at the interface of string theory, M theory, and supergravity, including studies of conformal field theory, AdS/CFT dualities, and new supergravity theories in six dimensions. The ultimate goal of this research is to uncover a non-perturbative formulation of M/Superstring theory that can explain the observable universe. This project is also envisioned to have significant broader impacts. Because symmetry principles play a fundamental role in all of modern physics, the methods developed and the results obtained through this research will have applications in other areas of theoretical physics as well as in mathematics. This project will also involve the education and training of graduate students and postdocs who participate in this research.