The ultimate goal of elementary particle physics is to understand the basic constituents of matter and their interactions in terms of an economical set of principles. This hope for unified understanding of natural laws, cherished by our early pioneers such as Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein, appears to have come very close to fulfillment during the past two decades with the discovery of unified gauge theories of fundamental interactions.
See: Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics
Personnel
Research Areas
- Physics beyond the standard model
- Supersymmetric particles, fields and strings
- CPT Symmetry
- Neutrino physics, dark matter and supersymmetry
Elementary Particles News
Childhood Physics Fun Leads to Twin PhDs
When Sylvester James Gates III (B.S. ’15, biological sciences ) graduates from the University of Maryland with his Ph.D. in biological sciences this month, it will be a family affair—and a...
Young Suh Kim, 1935 - 2025
Professor Emeritus Young Suh Kim died on October 25, 2025 at age 90. Prof. Kim's research was dedicated to elucidating the connections between relativity, quantum mechanics, and the symmetries that...
Gates Receives 2025 Barry Prize, Named Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and African Academy of Sciences
Distinguished University Professor Sylvester James Gates, Jr. was recently named Fellow of both the American Mathematical Society and the African Academy of Sciences and received the 2025 Barry...
