High Energy Theory Home Page

A.Adams
  • Physics Department 0319
    University of California, San Diego
    9500 Gilman Drive
    La Jolla, CA 92093

  • Tel: (858) 534-7142

  • Fax: (858) 534-0173

  • email: het @physics.ucsd.edu

Research

"High energy physics" is the search for the fundamental principles of physics, the basic building blocks of Nature, and their interactions. Such ideas are tested in accelerator experiments, and also connect with astrophysics and cosmology.
Our group consists of five faculty: Grinstein, Intriligator, Jenkins, Kuti, and Manohar, whose research directions span the various sub-fields of high energy theory. Topics studied include: the strong interactions (QCD), heavy quarks physics, neutrino physics, supersymmetry, gravity, string theory, branes, and cosmology.

A (partial) list of UCSD high energy theory publications can be found here.

Postdocs

We support a large and vibrant postdoctoral researcher program. The success of this program can be seen from the top-quality of our postdoctoral researchers, the important research that they've done at UCSD, and the extraordinarily high percentage who have subsequently gotten faculty positions. Our current and former postdocs can be found here.

Graduate Students

We mentor graduate students in their PhD thesis studies. Students in the group interact closely with faculty, postdocs, and visitors. Our graduating students have gotten postdoctoral research positions at places including Fermilab, MIT, Stanford, and the Institute for Advanced Study. Our current and former students can be found here .
Perspective students can find the answers to some frequently asked questions here.

Other UCSD people

Our group members interact closely with the experimental high energy group. Our interests also sometimes overlap with those of members of the astrophysics group, e.g. George Fuller (neutrinos) and Kim Griest (dark matter). We also interact with faculty in the Mathematics department, e.g. Mark Gross (Calabi-Yau geometry), Jeff Rabin (mathematical physics and string theory), Justin Roberts (topological quantum field theory), and Peter Teichner (topology).


Our group is generously supported by the Department of Energy, grant DOE-FG03-97ER40546.

Updated: March 10, 2004