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
Brower R
(2015)
A novel approach to the study of conformality in the SU(3) theory with multiple flavors
in Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
Kunduri H
(2014)
Degenerate horizons, Einstein metrics, and Lens space bundles
in Journal of Geometry and Physics
Cirafici M
(2013)
Curve counting, instantons and McKay correspondences
in Journal of Geometry and Physics
Barnes G
(2015)
Nonassociative geometry in quasi-Hopf representation categories I: Bimodules and their internal homomorphisms
in Journal of Geometry and Physics
Collaboration R
(2008)
Use of stochastic sources for the lattice determination of light quark physics
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Badger S
(2013)
A two-loop five-gluon helicity amplitude in QCD
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Ball R
(2010)
Fitting parton distribution data with multiplicative normalization uncertainties
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Kilic C
(2009)
Searching for multijet resonances at the LHC
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Debbio L
(2008)
Higher representations on the lattice: perturbative studies
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Dissertori G
(2008)
First determination of the strong coupling constant using NNLO predictions for hadronic event shapes in e + e - annihilations
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 |