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
Arthur R
(2013)
Monte Carlo integration with subtraction
in Computer Physics Communications
Hart A
(2009)
Automated generation of lattice QCD Feynman rules
in Computer Physics Communications
Alioli S
(2014)
Update of the Binoth Les Houches Accord for a standard interface between Monte Carlo tools and one-loop programs
in Computer Physics Communications
Johnson C
(2013)
Numerical determination of partial spectrum of Hermitian matrices using a Lánczos method with selective reorthogonalization
in Computer Physics Communications
Cirafici M
(2008)
Instantons and Donaldson-Thomas invariants
in Fortschritte der Physik
Mylonas D
(2014)
Nonassociative field theory on non-geometric spaces
in Fortschritte der Physik
Szabo R
(2009)
Quantum gravity, field theory and signatures of noncommutative spacetime
in General Relativity and Gravitation
Bytsenko A
(2014)
Quantum black holes, elliptic genera and spectral partition functions
in International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics
Palmer S
(2014)
The ABJM model is a higher gauge theory
in International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics
BASTERO-GIL M
(2012)
WARM INFLATION MODEL BUILDING
in International Journal of Modern Physics A
Description | Lots of interesting Particle Physics |
Exploitation Route | Lots of ways |
Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education |