Quanta of Geometry

该奖项为黎巴嫩贝鲁特美国大学的Ali Chamseddine教授的研究活动提供资金。对基本物理相互作用统一的追求是近四十年来深入研究的主题。在这个计划中的绊脚石是在其他三个调解强，电磁和弱相互作用的力量包括引力。在量子场论的框架中，后面这些力是很好理解的。相比之下，引力由于其极端的弱性，只对宏观物体是相当大的，因此主要只在经典水平上被理解。Chamseddine教授的研究重点是引力量子理论的发展。因此，这一领域的研究促进了科学在一个最基本的方向上的进步： 发现和理解新的物理定律。 由于其跨学科的性质，这项工作也将有助于在高能物理学，引力物理学，天体物理学和宇宙学的知识进步。 此外，预计该项目将产生更广泛的重大影响。 贝鲁特美国大学（AUB）在中东地区推广美国教育体系方面发挥着非常重要的作用。 最近推出的博士学位。理论物理学课程是促进中东高水平研究的一个步骤，吸引了高素质的学生。更技术性的是，Chamseddine教授将在超引力，大统一模型，量子引力，弦理论和非交换几何方面进行研究调查。 他将追求建设频谱流形在非交换几何复制标准模型拉格朗日耦合到重力。此外，他将研究这种量子化方案的物理应用和动态实现。

This award funds the research activities of Professor Ali Chamseddine at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.The quest for unification of fundamental physical interactions has been the subject of intensive research for nearly forty years. The stumbling block in this program is the inclusion of the gravitational force among the other three forces mediating the strong, electromagnetic and weak interactions. These latter forces are very well understood in the framework of quantum field theory. In contrast, the gravitational force, because of its extreme weakness, is sizable only for macroscopic objects and is therefore mainly understood only at the classical level. Professor Chamseddine's research focuses on the development of a quantum theory of gravity. As such, research in this area promotes the progress of science in one of its most fundamental directions: the discovery and understanding of new physical laws. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, this work will also contribute to the advancement of knowledge in high-energy physics, gravitational physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Moreover, this project is envisioned to have significant broader impacts. The American University of Beirut (AUB) plays a very important role in promoting the American educational system in the Middle East. The recent launching of the Ph.D. program in theoretical physics is a step towards the promotion of high-level research in the Middle East, and is attracting students of high caliber.More technically, Professor Chamseddine will conduct research investigations in supergravity, grand unified models, quantum gravity, string theory and noncommutative geometry. He will pursue the construction of spectral manifolds in noncommutative geometry which reproduce the Standard Model Lagrangian coupled to gravity. In addition, he will study physical applications and dynamical realizations of this quantization scheme.