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; Neutrinos; Low-x physics; Hadronic scattering at high energy at the LHC; Heavy ion collisions; CP-violation; Anomalous magnetic moment of the muon (g-2); rare meson decays; form factors, parton distributions and generalized parton distributions of the nucleon
- Astro-Particle Physics: Inflationary cosmology; Dark Matter; Neutrino 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
- Fedor Bezrukov
- Thomas Blum
- Gerald Dunne
- Munir Islam
- Alex Kovner
- Ronald Mallett
- Philip Mannheim
- Peter Schweitzer
Graduate Students
- Abramczyk, Michael
- Dabrowski, Robert
- Fischetti, Robert
- Ilhan, Ibrahim
- Swindell, Aaron
- Yerubandi, Kishan
- Zimmerman, William
Recent Alumni
- Altinoluk, Tolga, PhD 2011, Postdoc at Santiago de Campostela, Spain
- Basar, Gokse, PhD 2011, Postdoc at Stony Brook University
- Cox, David, PhD 2012, Adjunct faculty, Trinity College
- Chowdhury, Saumitra, PhD 2009, Adjunct Professor, University of Hartford
- Dumlu, Cesim, PhD 2012
- 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