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
Cherkis S
(2009)
Superspace actions for multiple M2-branes, metric 3-algebras, and their classification
in Physical Review D
Kunduri H
(2009)
Static near-horizon geometries in five dimensions
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Gardi E
(2009)
Factorization constraints for soft anomalous dimensions in QCD scattering amplitudes
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Hassanain B
(2009)
On the possibility of light string resonances at the LHC and Tevatron from Randall-Sundrum throats
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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
Del Debbio L
(2009)
Conformal versus confining scenario in SU(2) with adjoint fermions
in Physical Review D
Hart A
(2009)
Automated generation of lattice QCD Feynman rules
in Computer Physics Communications
Cirafici M
(2009)
Cohomological gauge theory, quiver matrix models and Donaldson-Thomas theory
in Nuclear Physics B
Kunduri H
(2009)
A classification of near-horizon geometries of extremal vacuum black holes
in Journal of Mathematical Physics
Description | Lots of interesting Particle Physics |
Exploitation Route | Lots of ways |
Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education |