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
Binoth T
(2009)
golem95: A numerical program to calculate one-loop tensor integrals with up to six external legs
in Computer Physics Communications
Sheikh-Jabbari M
(2009)
On half-BPS states of the ABJM theory
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Gaberdiel M
(2009)
Conformal perturbation theory beyond the leading order
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Horgan R
(2009)
Moving nonrelativistic QCD for heavy-to-light form factors on the lattice
in Physical Review D
Bagchi A
(2009)
Supersymmetric extension of Galilean conformal algebras
in Physical Review D
Jackson B
(2009)
On the large-scale instability in interacting dark energy and dark matter fluids
in Physical Review D
Figueroa-O'Farrill J
(2009)
Deformations of 3-algebras
in Journal of Mathematical Physics
Iuliu-Lazaroiu C
(2009)
Generalized Berezin-Toeplitz quantization of Kähler supermanifolds
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Gardi Einan
(2009)
Infrared singularities in QCD amplitudes
in Nuovo Cim.C
Gimon E
(2009)
Constituent model of extremal non-BPS black holes
in Journal of High Energy Physics
| Description | Lots of interesting Particle Physics |
| Exploitation Route | Lots of ways |
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