Particle Physics and Quantum Field Theory

Welcome to the UConn Particle and Field Theory Group

We conduct research in a broad range of areas of Theoretical Particle Physics and Quantum Field Theory:

• Quantum Field Theory: Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD); QCD vacuum structure and confinement/deconfinement mechanism; Lattice QCD; Effective field theory and chiral models; Nonperturbative methods; Strongly interacting field theories; Mathematical aspects of quantum field theory; Gauge theory.
• Particle Physics: Quark-gluon plasma phase transition of QCD at high temperature; Low-x physics; Hadronic scattering at high energy at the LHC; Heavy ion collisions; CP-violation; Anomalous magnetic moment of the muon (g-2); form factors, parton distributions and generalized parton distributions of the nucleon
• Astro-Particle Physics: Brane gravity; Conformal gravity; General relativity and gravitation; Black holes; Relativistic astrophysics; Quantum cosmology; The nature of time

Printable brochure describing our research interests.

Faculty

• Thomas Blum
• Gerald Dunne
• Munir Islam
• Alex Kovner
• Ronald Mallett
• Philip Mannheim
• Peter Schweitzer

Graduate Students

• Altinoluk, Tolga
• Basar, Gokse
• Cox, David
• Dumlu, Cesim
• Fischetti, Robert
• Ilhan, Ibrahim
• Swindell, Aaron
• Yerubandi, Kishan
• Zimmerman, William

Recent Alumni

• Chowdhury, Saumitra, PhD 2009, Adjunct Professor, University of Hartford
• Huet, Adolfo, PhD 2010, Postdoc, Universidad Michoacan, Mexico
• Krasnansky, Marek, PhD 2007, Assistant Professor, West Virginia State University
• O'Brien, James, PhD 2010, Assistant Professor, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston
• Perresutti, Javier, PhD 2009, Researcher, Mer del Plata, Argentina
• Zhou, Ran, PhD 2010, Postdoc, Indiana University