Research in Elementary Particle Theory

该奖项为马萨诸塞州波士顿东北大学的Pran Nath、Haim Goldberg、布伦特D纳尔逊和Tomasz Taylor教授的研究活动提供资金。主要研究人员（PI）计划在粒子物理学的广泛领域开展研究，旨在破译标准模型之外的物理学性质。他们的理论研究与当前的实验工作密切相关，例如大型强子对撞机的实验工作，以及一些寻找暗物质的地下实验和探测宇宙早期历史的卫星实验。 PI的工作是基于超对称性，超引力和弦理论，因为这些是超越标准模型的新物理学的主要理论框架。PI还计划在大爆炸核合成和来自普朗克卫星实验的宇宙微波背景数据中研究中微子宇宙学和暗辐射。这个研究项目也有很强的教育成分，涉及研究生和本科生的培训。一些学生将在他们的博士学位上与PI一起工作。论文和研究项目将被用作物理专业关于粒子物理学前沿发展的教育工具。 这项研究的结果将通过在参考期刊上的出版物，通过开放访问arXiv.org，通过国际会议上的演讲，并通过流行的期刊传播。该研究项目还将涉及来自许多国家的合作者，从而将加强基础物理学方面的国际合作。

This award funds the research activities of Professors Pran Nath, Haim Goldberg, Brent D Nelson and Tomasz Taylor at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. The Principal Investigators (PIs) plan to carry out research in broad areas of particle physics with the aim of deciphering the nature of physics that lies beyond the Standard Model. Their theoretical investigations are closely linked with the current experimental efforts such as those at the Large Hadron Collider as well as in several underground experiments searching for dark matter and satellite experiments which probe the early history of the universe. The efforts of the PIs are based on supersymmetry, supergravity and string theory as these are the leading theoretical frameworks for new physics beyond the Standard Model. The PIs also plan to pursue neutrino cosmology and dark radiation in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and in Cosmic Microwave Background data coming from the PLANCK satellite experiment. This research project also has a strong educational component which involves the training of graduate and undergraduate students. Several students will work with the PIs on their Ph.D. dissertations and additionally the research projects will be used as an educational tool for physics majors regarding developments on particle physics frontiers. The results of this research will be disseminated via publications in refereed journals, through open access arXiv.org, through talks at international conferences, and through popular journals. This research project will also involve collaborators from many countries and thus will enhance international collaboration in fundamental physics.