Project Grant 2609773
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $150,000 in funding to Lawrence Technological University from August 15, 2023, through July 31, 2026. The research, led by Professor Bhubanjyoti Bhattacharya, aims to gain further insight into charge-parity (CP) violation in theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. This work may help resolve the matter-antimatter...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $736,406 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to study quantum chromodynamics at the Large Hadron Collider Beauty (LHCb) experiment at CERN. The research aims to advance understanding of how strong force bound states like protons are created and how their dynamics evolve. Key activities include: Measurements comparing hadron production from light...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics has awarded a $540,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the period of September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. This grant, funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research into understanding anomalies observed in the decays of B-quarks at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The key objectives of the project are to: Perform novel data-driven...
- This $270,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research by the University of California, Berkeley to study the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. The principal investigator will investigate the role of theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics in explaining this asymmetry by calculating the electric dipole moments of protons and neutrons. The project will use a new method...
- This three-year, $525,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the Large Hadron Collider to address open questions in particle physics beyond the Standard Model. Specifically, the University of Cincinnati will utilize the LHCb detector to study rare decays of heavy quark systems and search for low mass electron and muon pairs where new physics may manifest. The upgraded LHCb detector enables unprecedented data that could reveal dark photons or other new light particles,...
- Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $960K to the University of Maryland, College Park through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a three-year project (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2028). Principal Investigators Zackaria Chacko, Anson Hook, and Raman Sundrum will develop and study theoretical extensions to the Standard Model of particle physics and cosmology. The research will provide theoretical guidance for experimental...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences, provides $180,000 in funding to Northern Illinois University to conduct research on particle physics and advance the understanding of the fundamental constituents of matter. The key activities under this award include: Studying particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland to enhance the understanding of the Higgs boson and search for new...
- The University of Cincinnati will receive $600,000 from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct experimental flavor physics research from August 2022 through July 2025. As a member of the LHCb collaboration at CERN, the University will help improve the novel all-software trigger recently installed at the Large Hadron Collider and focus on GPU-based software trigger and charm quark physics. The research aims to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Northeastern University $700,000 on July 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to support experimental particle physics research at high energies. The Barberis-Orimoto-Wood Group at Northeastern will analyze accumulated data from the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at CERN's Large Hadron Collider to examine fundamental physics beyond the Standard Model. The group pursues investigations into leptoquarks...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Michigan State University $100,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support particle physics research led by Professor Kirtimaan Mohan. The award funds development of statistical methods and artificial intelligence tools to improve interpretation of data from particle physics experiments, particularly from the Large Hadron Collider. Research activities include using quantum...
RUI: DISCOVERING NEW SOURCES OF CP VIOLATION IN FLAVOR PHENOMENOLOGY -THIS AWARD FUNDS THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSOR BHUBANJYOTI BHATTACHARYA AT LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE HOLDS VASTLY MORE MATTER THAN ANTIMATTER, YET THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE PHYSICS OFFERS NO COMPELLING REASON FOR THAT IMBALANCE. SINCE MATTER AND ANTIMATTER ARE RELATED BY CHARGE-PARITY (CP) SYMMETRY, NEW PHYSICS THAT VIOLATES CP SYMMETRY IS NECESSARY TO RESOLVE THIS PUZZLE. THROUGH THE CREATION OF NEW THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS, PROFESSOR BHATTACHARYA?S RESEARCH WILL ADVANCE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF HEAVY QUARKS, LEPTONS, AND OTHER PARTICLES WITHIN THE STANDARD MODEL AND UNRAVEL THE PROPERTIES AND INTERACTIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL PARTICLES. PROFESSOR BHATTACHARYA?S RESEARCH STRATEGY JOINS THEORETICAL MODEL BUILDING WITH CAREFUL COMPUTATION ON PRECISION DATA. AS A RESULT, RESEARCH IN THIS AREA ADVANCES THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY PROMOTING THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF NATURE. THIS PROJECT IS ALSO ENVISIONED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT BROADER IMPACTS. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, UNDER PROFESSOR BHATTACHARYA?S SUPERVISION, WILL COMPARE DATA WITH THEORY, IDENTIFY DEVIATIONS FROM THE STANDARD MODEL, AND FIND NEW PATHS TO APPROACH THE LONG-STANDING MATTER-ANTIMATTER ASYMMETRY PUZZLE. THESE PROJECTS WILL THUS DELIVER A RESEARCH-BASED EDUCATION TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AS WELL AS GENERATE INCREASED INTEREST IN AND GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE PHYSICS AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE PROJECTS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUTURE AMERICAN WORKFORCE WHILE SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCING THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN SCIENCE. MORE TECHNICALLY, PROFESSOR BHATTACHARYA AND HIS STUDENTS WILL STUDY THE PROPERTIES OF HEAVY MESONS, SUCH AS THE B MESON, USING ISOSPIN AND FLAVOR SU(3) SYMMETRY TO PINPOINT NOVEL OBSERVABLES AND MAKE PREDICTIONS FOR FUTURE MEASUREMENTS. THEY WILL STUDY THE INTERACTIONS OF HEAVY QUARKS AND LEPTONS WITH HYPOTHETICAL PARTICLES SUCH AS LEPTOQUARKS. THE PLANNED RESEARCH WILL ALSO SYSTEMATICALLY CHARACTERIZE THE EFFECTS OF SYMMETRY BREAKING AND IDENTIFY WHICH NEW PHYSICS SCENARIOS BEST MATCH ANY OBSERVED DEVIATIONS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $80.0k | 8/10/26 |