Supersymmetry, Superstrings and Phenomenology

University Of Maryland, College Park, College Park MD

Investigators

Abstract

The goal of the present proposal is to search for new physics at the deepest subnuclear level in order to improve our understanding of natural phenomena at the very highest energies as well as at the very early stages of the universe. We plan to employ both the ``bottom-up'' approach of supersymmetry and possible hidden extra dimensions in nature as well as the ``top down'' approach where all particles are replaced by wiggly strings to seek new physics that can explain present experimental observations related to neutrinos, dark matter and dark energy of the universe, origin of matter etc. The results of this study may not only broaden our understanding of the forces and matter in the universe but it may also provide a window to its future evolution.