The Standard Model and Beyond
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Currently, our understanding of Nature at the most fundamental level is at the crossroads. This year, the LHC at CERN will collide protons at higher energies than ever before, sufficient to explore physics in depth at the TeV scale. Nobody yet knows what these data will reveal. However, there are very good reasons to believe that something fundamentally new will be discovered, which might transform our understanding of basic physics, making the next few years the most exciting time for a generation or more. The discoveries could be new types of particle, such as the Higgs boson, new kinds of symmetries such as supersymmetry, or indeed something even more dramatic such as extra dimensions. Our rolling programme of research in Particle Physics Theory at the University of Edinburgh is designed to be at the forefront of these new discoveries: indeed Peter Higgs himself is Emeritus Professor here. Specifically, we provide theoretical calculations, using pen and paper, and the most powerful supercomputers, of both the huge number of background processes to be seen at LHC due to known physics, and the tiny signals expected in various models of new physics, in order to discriminate between signal and background, and thus maximise the discovery potential of the LHC. In parallel, we will attempt to understand the more complete picture of all the forces of Nature that should begin to emerge, in our ultimate quest for a Theory of Everything.
Organisations
Publications
Bagchi A
(2009)
Galilean conformal algebras and AdS/CFT
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Fischer A
(2009)
Duality covariant quantum field theory on noncommutative Minkowski space
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Oliveira O
(2009)
Does the lattice zero-momentum gluon propagator for pure-gauge SU(3) Yang-Mills theory vanish in the infinite-volume limit?
in Physical Review D
Figueroa-O'Farrill J
(2009)
Deformations of 3-algebras
in Journal of Mathematical Physics
Castro A
(2009)
Deconstructing the D0-D6 system
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Horgan R
(2009)
Moving nonrelativistic QCD for heavy-to-light form factors on the lattice
in Physical Review D
Braun V
(2009)
Nucleon distribution amplitudes and proton decay matrix elements on the lattice
in Physical Review D
De Medeiros P
(2009)
Superpotentials for superconformal Chern-Simons theories from representation theory
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Debbio L
(2009)
Center symmetry and the orientifold planar equivalence
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Hassanain B
(2009)
On the possibility of light string resonances at the LHC and Tevatron from Randall-Sundrum throats
in Journal of High Energy Physics
| Description | Lots of interesting Particle Physics |
| Exploitation Route | Lots of ways |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education |