Supersymmetry, supergravity and strings

拟议的研究，主要是在基本粒子物理学领域，重点是弦理论，将有助于理解物理世界如何在其最基本的组成部分，功能。弦理论被认为为爱因斯坦和许多其他科学家困惑了至少世纪的许多问题提供了答案。我们需要理解为什么基本粒子、电子、夸克等具有它们所具有的质量，它们之间的力是什么，以及最终为什么它们被分成具有相似性质的几个家族。

The proposed research, primarily in the area of elementary particle physics with emphasis on string theory will help in the effort to understand how the physical world, at its most basic constituents, functions. String theory is believed to provide answers to many of the questions that Einstein and many other scientists have puzzled over for at least a century. We need to understand why the elementary particles, electrons, quarks, etc. have the masses they have, what the forces between them are, and, ultimately, why they are grouped into several families with similar properties.