Theoretical High Energy Physics，UC Davis
UC Davis Institute for High Energy Physics
The faculty and students of the HEP theory group engage in a wide variety of research aimed at understanding the most fundamental building blocks of nature. Our research interests include supersymmetry, supergravity, quantum gravity, general relativity, extra space-time dimensions, particle dark matter, high-energy scattering theory, lattice QCD, and phenomenological implications of string theory. Specific interests of each faculty member can be found in the group members page.
We are currently engaged in a major expansion of the theory effort within the framework of the High Energy Frontier Theory Initiative (HEFTI). Following the recommendations of an external committee composed of Howard Haber, Joe Lykken (Chair) and Pierre Ramond, this expansion focuses on the theory and phenomenology of strings, branes and extra dimensions and includes the hiring of three new faculty members, the first two of which (John Terning and Hsin-Chia Cheng) have already joined our faculty. We are currently recruiting the third member. The hire can be made at any level. Details of the program and the committee's recommendations can be found here .
Particle physics and gravity are subjects filled with unanswered questions, making it an interesting and challenging field of research. A good introduction to many of the basic questions that we study is found at The Particle Adventure .
Much of our work involves close collaboration with theorists and experimentalists at leading particle physics institutions throughout the world, including LBL in Berkeley, California, SLAC at Stanford University, CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, and Fermilab near Chicago, Illinois.