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
Badger S
(2014)
Multi-loop Integrand Reduction with Computational Algebraic Geometry
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Badger S
(2014)
Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to di-photon production in association with up to three jets at the Large Hadron Collider
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bagchi A
(2009)
On representations and correlation functions of Galilean conformal algebras
in Physics Letters B
Bagchi A
(2009)
Galilean conformal algebras and AdS/CFT
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bagchi A
(2013)
Tensionless strings and Galilean Conformal Algebra
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bagchi A
(2013)
Holography of 3D flat cosmological horizons.
in Physical review letters
Bagchi A
(2013)
Cosmic evolution from phase transition of three-dimensional flat space.
in Physical review letters
BAGCHI A
(2013)
HOLOGRAMS OF FLAT SPACE
in International Journal of Modern Physics D
Bagchi A
(2009)
Supersymmetric extension of Galilean conformal algebras
in Physical Review D
Bagchi A
(2010)
GCA in 2d
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 |