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1 Theoretical particle physics Department of Physics University of Arizona S. Su Prospective Grads

2 Welcome! I am Shufang! S. Su Prospective Grads

3 What is particle physics? what s hot today? S. Su Prospective Grads

4 Particles and Forces Building blocks of matter -- elementary particles smaller distance : higher energy Fundamental interactions forces Gravity Electromagnetic force Weak interaction burning of the sun Strong interaction holds proton and neutron S. Su Prospective Grads

5 Standard Model of Particle Physics - S. Su Prospective Grads

6 Standard Model of Particle Physics - Strong interactions S. Su Prospective Grads

7 Standard Model of Particle Physics - Strong interactions S. Su Prospective Grads

8 Standard Model of Particle Physics - Strong interactions Neutrinos S. Su Prospective Grads

9 Standard Model of Particle Physics - Strong interactions Neutrinos S. Su Prospective Grads

10 Standard Model of Particle Physics - Strong interactions Neutrinos Origin of mass S. Su Prospective Grads

11 Standard Model of Particle Physics - Strong interactions Neutrinos Origin of mass S. Su Prospective Grads

12 Standard Model of Particle Physics - Strong interactions Neutrinos Origin of mass +gravity Unification S. Su Prospective Grads

13 Standard Model of Particle Physics - Strong interactions Neutrinos Origin of mass +gravity Unification S. Su Prospective Grads

14 Quiz : what s this place? - S. Su Prospective Grads

15 Quiz : what s this place? - S. Su Prospective Grads

16 Quiz : what s this place? - S. Su Prospective Grads

17 Large Hadron Collider (2009) - pp 7-10 TeV S. Su Prospective Grads

18 Large Hadron Collider (2009) - pp 7-10 TeV p p S. Su Prospective Grads

19 - LHC (2009) S. Su Prospective Grads p p

20 - e + e - LEP LHC (2009) S. Su Prospective Grads p p

21 Tevatron (now) - e + e - p LEP LHC (2009) S. Su Prospective Grads p p

22 Tevatron (now) - e + e - p LEP LC LHC (2009) S. Su Prospective Grads p p

23 Tevatron (now) - e + e - p LEP We live in an exciting era when rich data is / will become available LC LHC (2009) S. Su Prospective Grads p p

24 Group S. Su Prospective Grads

25 Group Members - Faculty: Keith Dienes Ina Sarcevic Shufang Su Doug Toussaint S. Su Prospective Grads

26 Postdocs Group Members - Current: Alexei Bazavov (2007) FSU UA Brookhaven national lab Brooks Thomas (2007) Michigan UA University of Hawaii Gouranga Nayak (2008) Incoming: Vikram Rentala (2010) UC Berkeley UA Jongjeong Kim (2010) Seoul University UA Previous: Rikard Enberg ( ) Berkeley UA Uppsala University, Sweden Dru Renner ( ) MIT UA DESY Hock-Seng Goh ( ) Maryland UA Berkeley Sabine Hossenfelder ( ) Germany UA Santa Barbara Irina Mocioiu ( ) Stony Brook UA Penn State University S. Su Prospective Grads

27 Students (Yes!) Ethan Dolle Su Arif Erkoca Sarcevic Walter Freeman Toussaint Xinyu Miao Su Menika Sharma Dienes Vaibhav Wasnik Dienes S. Su Prospective Grads

28 Students (Yes!) Ethan Dolle Su Arif Erkoca Sarcevic Walter Freeman Toussaint Xinyu Miao Su Menika Sharma Dienes Vaibhav Wasnik Dienes S. Su Prospective Grads

29 Students (Yes!) Ethan Dolle Su Arif Erkoca Sarcevic Walter Freeman Toussaint Xinyu Miao Su Menika Sharma Dienes Vaibhav Wasnik Dienes S. Su Prospective Grads

30 Students (Yes!) Ethan Dolle Su Arif Erkoca Sarcevic Walter Freeman Toussaint Xinyu Miao Su Menika Sharma Dienes Vaibhav Wasnik Dienes S. Su Prospective Grads

31 Students (Yes!) Ethan Dolle Su Arif Erkoca Sarcevic Walter Freeman Toussaint Xinyu Miao Su Menika Sharma Dienes Vaibhav Wasnik Dienes S. Su Prospective Grads

32 Related groups - Nuclear physics Barrett, Fleming, van Kolck Heavy Ion Rafelski, Thews Experimental high energy Rutherfoord, Shupe, Johns, Cheu, Varnes Theoretical astrophysics group Fang, Melia S. Su Prospective Grads

33 Research S. Su Prospective Grads

34 theory exp Energy S. Su Prospective Grads

35 theory exp 10-3 GeV Energy S. Su Prospective Grads

36 theory exp Toussaint 10-3 GeV Energy S. Su Prospective Grads

37 theory exp Toussaint Energy 10-3 GeV 10 3 GeV q l g h S. Su Prospective Grads

38 theory exp Toussaint Su Energy 10-3 GeV 10 3 GeV q l g h S. Su Prospective Grads

39 theory exp Toussaint Su Energy 10-3 GeV 10 3 GeV q l g h GeV S. Su Prospective Grads

40 theory exp Toussaint Su Energy Dienes 10-3 GeV 10 3 GeV q l g h GeV S. Su Prospective Grads

41 theory exp Toussaint Su Sarcevic Energy Dienes 10-3 GeV 10 3 GeV q l g h GeV S. Su Prospective Grads

42 Lattice Gauge Theory at U. of A - D. Toussaint (faculty), Alexei Bazavov (postdoc) Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is theory of strong interactions. We know the Lagrangian (equation of motion) but can t solve problems (nonlinear, strongly coupled, relativistic,...) Use supercomputers (and some brains) to do the Feynman path integral numerically. But also complement current experiments: June 2005 (both): Lattice gauge theory: F D + = 201 ± 17 MeV Experiment (CLEO-c: F D + = 223 ± 17 MeV. S. Su Prospective Grads

43 Lattice Gauge Theory at U. of A - Calculated spectrum results compared to real world QCD spectrum calculations predict particle mass ratios from first principles and are reasonably close to right and are getting better S. Su Prospective Grads

44 Electroweak Physics at U. of A S. Su (faculty), Brooks Thomas (postdoc), students - Standard Model: a successful model Many open questions requires new physics beyond the SM S. Su Prospective Grads

45 Electroweak Physics at U. of A S. Su (faculty), Brooks Thomas (postdoc), students - Standard Model: a successful model We work on physics beyond the SM that could potentially be discovered in the current and upcoming experiments. Many open questions requires new physics beyond the SM S. Su Prospective Grads

46 Electroweak Physics at U. of A - Theory Experiments S. Su Prospective Grads

47 Electroweak Physics at U. of A - Theory Experiments Particle physics Astrophysics S. Su Prospective Grads

48 Electroweak Physics at U. of A - Theory Experiments Particle physics Astrophysics Dark matter, dark energy CMB, BBN Baryongenesis S. Su Prospective Grads

49 Welcome to my colloquium tomorrow! - Beyond the WIMP Miracle S. Su Prospective Grads

50 String Phenomenology at U. of A K. Dienes (faculty) Brooks Thomas (Postdoc), - students String Phenomenology S. Su Prospective Grads

51 String Phenomenology at U. of A K. Dienes (faculty) Brooks Thomas (Postdoc), - students the interplay or meeting-ground between Planck-scale physics and GeV-scale physics the art of using the new insights from string theory in order to understand, explain, and predict what physics at next energy scale is going look like String Phenomenology S. Su Prospective Grads

52 String Phenomenology at U. of A K. Dienes (faculty) Brooks Thomas (Postdoc), - students String Phenomenology S. Su Prospective Grads

53 String Phenomenology at U. of A K. Dienes (faculty) Brooks Thomas (Postdoc), - students String Phenomenology Standard Model choice of gauge group number of generations masses mixings, etc S. Su Prospective Grads

54 String Phenomenology at U. of A K. Dienes (faculty) Brooks Thomas (Postdoc), - students String Phenomenology Standard Model choice of gauge group number of generations masses Extensions to SM: SUSY GUT s hidden sectors mixings, etc technicolor S. Su Prospective Grads

55 String Phenomenology at U. of A K. Dienes (faculty) Brooks Thomas (Postdoc), - students Formal Issues: string vacuum selection non-pert. dynamics string duality new mathematical structure String Phenomenology Standard Model choice of gauge group number of generations masses Extensions to SM: SUSY GUT s hidden sectors mixings, etc technicolor S. Su Prospective Grads

56 String Phenomenology at U. of A K. Dienes (faculty) Brooks Thomas (Postdoc), - students Formal Issues: string vacuum selection non-pert. dynamics string duality new mathematical structure String Cosmology: role of dilaton effects of light d.o.f. s extra dimensions CC problem String Phenomenology Standard Model choice of gauge group number of generations masses Extensions to SM: SUSY GUT s hidden sectors mixings, etc technicolor S. Su Prospective Grads

57 Message from Keith: Keith is now the Program Director for Theoretical High-Energy Physics and Cosmology at the National Science Foundation in Washington DC. He "oversees all NSF-funded research in these areas across the United States". $$$$ = very important. This is temporary, and he will be returning to Arizona "soon". He can always be reached by , however. He still continues his research activity... S. Su Prospective Grads

58 Neutrino Physics at U. of A Ina Sarcevic (faculty), Gouranga Nayak (postdoc), students - Low energy (supernovae neutrinos) Ultrahigh energy (Cosmic neutrinos) Probing Dark Matter with Neutrinos Black Hole Production at the LHC Astrophysical Neutrinos from Charm S. Su Prospective Grads

59 Research Activities S. Su Prospective Grads

60 Research Activities for Students - Seminars, colloquiua and Visitors Group meetings Journal club brown bag lunch (with nuclear theory group) discussion group on dark energy and early universe (with theoretical astrophysics group and astronomy dept.) Summer schools and conferences TASI, SLAC summer school, Europe ones, conferences/workshops, international conferences: SUSY03, LATTICE06, Rethinking Gravity, string vacuum project, S. Su Prospective Grads

61 Research Activities for Students - Seminars, colloquiua and Visitors Group meetings Journal club brown bag lunch (with nuclear theory group) discussion group on dark energy and early universe We will keep you (very) busy! (with theoretical astrophysics group and astronomy dept.) Summer schools and conferences TASI, SLAC summer school, Europe ones, conferences/workshops, international conferences: SUSY03, LATTICE06, Rethinking Gravity, string vacuum project, S. Su Prospective Grads

62 Hope to see you in the Fall! S. Su Prospective Grads

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