PARTICLE AND QUANTUM FIELD THEORY INVESTIGATIONS

粒子和量子场论研究

• 批准号: 1316452
• 负责人: Massimo Porrati
• 金额: $ 67.32万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1316452&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PARTICLE; QUANTUM; FIELD; THEORY; INVESTIGATIONS

This award funds the research activities of Professors S. Dubovskiy, G. Dvali, G. Gabadadze, M. Porrati and A. Sirlin at New York University.This research project involves a number of interrelated topics aiming to answer fundamental questions in theoretical physics. Chief among them: how can experimentalists distinguish the signals of new physics in the Large Hadron Collider era? What is the correct description of black holes in the yet-to-be-completed theory of quantum gravity? More generally, what is indeed the correct description of quantum gravity? How is it related to the description of all other theories of elementary particles? What can happen if the quantum carrying the gravitational force, the graviton, has a mass, instead of moving at the speed of light? Can the graviton actually move faster than light? Is this necessarily an unresolvable problem associated with a massive gravity theory? How do fundamental particles of high spin interact with themselves and with other, "normal" elementary particles? As part of this project, these researchers will work towards solving these problems, both in parallel and in collaboration.There are also significant broader impacts are germane to this project. All of the senior investigators conduct their research in close collaboration with graduate students and postdocs, thereby providing essential training to junior physicists beginning research. They will also give public lectures on their research results, as they did in the past, not only in the USA but also in Germany, Georgia, Italy, etc. They have already developed new courses and curricula based on their research results, and will continue to do so as part of this project.

该奖项资助纽约大学 S. Dubovskiy、G. Dvali、G. Gabadadze、M. Porrati 和 A. Sirlin 教授的研究活动。该研究项目涉及许多相互关联的主题，旨在回答理论物理学的基本问题。其中最主要的是：实验学家如何区分大型强子对撞机时代新物理学的信号？ 尚未完成的量子引力理论中对黑洞的正确描述是什么？ 更一般地说，量子引力的正确描述到底是什么？ 它与所有其他基本粒子理论的描述有何关系？ 如果携带引力的量子（引力子）具有质量而不是以光速运动，会发生什么？ 引力子的运动速度真的可以超过光速吗？ 这是否必然是一个与质量引力理论相关的无法解决的问题？ 高自旋基本粒子如何与自身以及其他“正常”基本粒子相互作用？ 作为该项目的一部分，这些研究人员将致力于并行和协作地解决这些问题。还有与该项目密切相关的更广泛的影响。 所有高级研究人员都与研究生和博士后密切合作进行研究，从而为开始研究的初级物理学家提供必要的培训。 他们还将像过去一样，不仅在美国，而且在德国、格鲁吉亚、意大利等地，就他们的研究成果进行公开讲座。他们已经根据他们的研究成果开发了新的课程和课程，并将作为该项目的一部分继续这样做。