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
Szabo R
(2010)
Chern-Simons matrix models, two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory and the Sutherland model
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Figueroa-O'Farrill J
(2009)
Simplicity in the Faulkner construction
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
McComb W
(2015)
Self-organization and transition to turbulence in isotropic fluid motion driven by negative damping at low wavenumbers
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Bonvini M
(2014)
Updated Higgs cross section at approximate N 3 LO
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Rojo J
(2015)
The PDF4LHC report on PDFs and LHC data: results from Run I and preparation for Run II
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Aschieri P
(2015)
Triproducts, nonassociative star products and geometry of R -flux string compactifications
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Debbio L
(2015)
Recent progress in simulations of gauge theories on the lattice
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Badger S
(2014)
Multi-loop Integrand Reduction with Computational Algebraic Geometry
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Badger S
(2014)
Computation of multi-leg amplitudes with NJET
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Benini M
(2015)
Homotopy Colimits and Global Observables in Abelian Gauge Theory
in Letters in Mathematical Physics
Sämann C
(2014)
Six-Dimensional Superconformal Field Theories from Principal 3-Bundles over Twistor Space
in Letters in Mathematical Physics
Bruzzo U
(2014)
$${\mathcal{N} = 2}$$ N = 2 Quiver Gauge Theories on A-type ALE Spaces
in Letters in Mathematical Physics
Kunduri HK
(2013)
Classification of Near-Horizon Geometries of Extremal Black Holes.
in Living reviews in relativity
Gardi E
(2008)
A dispersive approach to Sudakov resummation
in Nuclear Physics B
Ball R
(2013)
Parton distributions with LHC data
in Nuclear Physics B
Nocera E
(2014)
A first unbiased global determination of polarized PDFs and their uncertainties
in Nuclear Physics B
Ball R
(2013)
Higgs production in gluon fusion beyond NNLO
in Nuclear Physics B
Szabo R
(2013)
q-deformations of two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory: Classification, categorification and refinement
in Nuclear Physics B
Ball R
(2013)
Parton distributions with QED corrections
in Nuclear Physics B
Cundy N
(2011)
A lattice Dirac operator for QCD with light dynamical quarks
in Nuclear Physics B
Cirafici M
(2009)
Cohomological gauge theory, quiver matrix models and Donaldson-Thomas theory
in Nuclear Physics B
Ball R
(2009)
Precision determination of electroweak parameters and the strange content of the proton from neutrino deep-inelastic scattering
in Nuclear Physics B
Berera A
(2009)
Gauge fixing, BRS invariance and Ward identities for randomly stirred flows
in Nuclear Physics B
Altarelli G
(2008)
Small x resummation with quarks: Deep-inelastic scattering
in Nuclear Physics B
Ball R
(2008)
Resummation of hadroproduction cross-sections at high energy
in Nuclear Physics B
Marzani S
(2009)
High energy resummation of Drell-Yan processes
in Nuclear Physics B
Ball R
(2009)
A determination of parton distributions with faithful uncertainty estimation
in Nuclear Physics B
Maier A
(2010)
Low-energy moments of heavy quark current correlators at four loops
in Nuclear Physics B
Göckeler M
(2009)
Non-perturbative renormalization of three-quark operators
in Nuclear Physics B
Akerblom N
(2010)
Marginal deformations and 3-algebra structures
in Nuclear Physics B
Kiyo Y
(2009)
Reconstruction of heavy quark current correlators at
in Nuclear Physics B
Lechtenfeld O
(2015)
Sasakian quiver gauge theories and instantons on cones over lens 5-spaces
in Nuclear Physics B
Ball R
(2010)
A first unbiased global NLO determination of parton distributions and their uncertainties
in Nuclear Physics B
Ball R
(2013)
Unbiased determination of polarized parton distributions and their uncertainties
in Nuclear Physics B
Maltman K
(2014)
Lattice Input on the t V u s Puzzle
in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Dimou M
(2013)
Heavy-to-light chromomagnetic matrix element
in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Bernardoni F
(2013)
B-physics from non-perturbatively renormalized HQET in two-flavour lattice QCD
in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Gardi Einan
(2009)
Infrared singularities in QCD amplitudes
in Nuovo Cim.C
Figueroa-O'Farrill J
(2013)
Symmetric M-theory backgrounds
in Open Physics
Shanahan P
(2015)
SU(3) breaking in hyperon transition vector form factors
in Physical Review D
Del Debbio L
(2010)
Infrared dynamics of minimal walking technicolor
in Physical Review D
Badger S
(2014)
Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to five jet production at the LHC
in Physical Review D
Aoki Y
(2008)
Proton lifetime bounds from chirally symmetric lattice QCD
in Physical Review D
Antonio D
(2008)
Localization and chiral symmetry in three flavor domain wall QCD
in Physical Review D
Ivanova T
(2013)
Orbifold instantons, moment maps, and Yang-Mills theory with sources
in Physical Review D
Horsley R
(2008)
Perturbative determination of c S W for plaquette and Symanzik gauge action and stout link clover fermions
in Physical Review D
Horsley R
(2015)
Lattice determination of Sigma-Lambda mixing
in Physical Review D
Sánchez J
(2008)
Warm hilltop inflation
in Physical Review D
Del Debbio L
(2009)
Mass corrections in string theory and lattice field theory
in Physical Review D
Christ N
(2015)
B -meson decay constants from 2 + 1 -flavor lattice QCD with domain-wall light quarks and relativistic heavy quarks
in Physical Review D
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