Particle Physics at UCI • Probing the most fundamental structure of matter of matter and energy – From the Standard Model to String Theory – Search for the origin of mass and evidence of supersymmetry at the world’s highest-energy accelerator – Precision measurement and searches for rare processes – Understanding the matter/anti-matter asymmetry of the universe – Discovery of neutrino mass and search for proton decay – Cosmic accelerators and astro-particle physics
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Particle Physics at UCI• Probing the most fundamental structure of matter of
matter and energy– From the Standard Model to String Theory
– Search for the origin of mass and evidence of supersymmetry at the world’s highest-energy accelerator
– Precision measurement and searches for rare processes
– Understanding the matter/anti-matter asymmetry of the universe
– Discovery of neutrino mass and search for proton decay
– Cosmic accelerators and astro-particle physics
Theory of Everything
Search for the Ultimate Theory
Standard ModelGrand Unified Theory
Electroweak
QED
QCDWeak
Gravity
Gravity
Prof. Jonathan FengCosmology/Supersymmetry
Prof. Herbert HamberLattice QCD
Prof. Arvind RajaramanString Theory/Extra Dimensions
Prof. Myron BanderEW Symmetry-breaking
The High-Energy Frontier
The ATLAS Experiment:Prof. Andy Lankford
• The world’s highest energy particle accelerator • Study of origins of mass (Higgs mechanism) • Search for new symmetries between fundamental forces (Super-Symmetry)
Rare Processes/Precision MeasurementMECO at BrookhavenProf. Bill Molzon
Search for muon electron conversion
10,000 sensitivity of past experimentsMay find evidence for SUSY
Precision gravitymeasurementswith a cryogenictorsional pendulumProf. Riley Newman
ExpectedGN precision:20 ppm
Tests of 1/r2 law,equivalence principle
Matter/Anti-Matter Asymmetry
Prof. MarkMandelkern
Prof. AndyLankford
Prof. DavidKirkby
BaBar: Precision study of CP violationwith B mesons at SLAC
Neutrino Physics and Proton Decay
Prof. Hank Sobel
Prof. Dave CasperT2K OscillationExperiment
Super-Kamiokande:50,000 ton waterCherenkov detector
MINERAat Fermilab
From Quarks to the Cosmos
Prof. Steve BarwickAMANDA and ANITANeutrino Telescopes