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
Chambers A
(2014)
Feynman-Hellmann approach to the spin structure of hadrons
in Physical Review D
Dukes M
(2014)
Webs and posets
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Palmer S
(2014)
The ABJM model is a higher gauge theory
in International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics
Figueroa-O'Farrill J
(2014)
The homogeneity theorem for supergravity backgrounds II: the six-dimensional theories
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Hambrock C
(2014)
B ? K * form factors from flavor data to QCD and back
in Physical Review D
Ball R
(2014)
Polarized parton distributions at an electron-ion collider
in Physics Letters B
Bartrum S
(2014)
The importance of being warm (during inflation)
in Physics Letters B
Detournay S
(2014)
Variational principle and one-point functions in three-dimensional flat space Einstein gravity
in Physical Review D
McComb WD
(2014)
Spectral analysis of structure functions and their scaling exponents in forced isotropic turbulence.
in Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
Horsley R
(2014)
Nucleon axial charge and pion decay constant from two-flavor lattice QCD
in Physics Letters B
Sämann C
(2014)
Six-Dimensional Superconformal Field Theories from Principal 3-Bundles over Twistor Space
in Letters in Mathematical Physics
Gardi E
(2014)
From webs to polylogarithms
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Kunduri H
(2014)
Black hole non-uniqueness via spacetime topology in five dimensions
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Kunduri H
(2014)
The first law of soliton and black hole mechanics in five dimensions
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Konechny A
(2014)
Entropy of conformal perturbation defects
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Boyle P
(2014)
Combined NNLO lattice-continuum determination of L 10 r
in Physical Review D
Mylonas D
(2014)
Non-geometric fluxes, quasi-Hopf twist deformations, and nonassociative quantum mechanics
in Journal of Mathematical Physics
Behr N
(2014)
Renormalization and redundancy in 2d quantum field theories
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Sämann C
(2014)
Non-Abelian Tensor Multiplet Equations from Twistor Space
in Communications in Mathematical Physics
Shanahan P
(2014)
Electric form factors of the octet baryons from lattice QCD and chiral extrapolation
in Physical Review D
Prochazka V
(2014)
Gluon condensates from the Hamiltonian formalism
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Balasubramanian V
(2014)
Black holes, entanglement and random matrices
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Giasemidis G
(2014)
Supersymmetric gauge theories, Coulomb gases, and Chern-Simons matrix models
in Physical Review D
Hiller G
(2014)
(A)symmetries of weak decays at and near the kinematic endpoint
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bonvini M
(2014)
Updated Higgs cross section at approximate N 3 LO
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
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