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

Faculty

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

Graduate Students

• Basar, Gokse
• Chowdhury, Saumitra
• Dumlu, Cesim
• He, Xu-Gang
• Huet, Adolfo
• Mai, Manuel
• O'Brien, James
• Peressutti, Javier
• Wolfe, Elie
• Yerubandi, Kishan
• Zhou, Ran