Elementary Particle Physics

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Research Areas:

  • Structure function of hadrons and nuclei, EMC effect, Perturbative and nonperturbative quantum chromodynamics, Quark-gluon plasma, Gluon fusion contribution in Higgs boson cross section, Calculation of parton functions corresponding to transverse momentum and their roles in production of heavy mesons.
  • Many particle systems in strong interaction and short range.
  • Field theory and particle Physics in curved space time, Early universe, Dark energy, Dark matter.
  • Topological effects in Particle Physics.
  • The idea of holography (gauge/gravity duality) and its applications in the strongly coupled theories, most importantly, QCD and QGP (Quark-Gluon Plasma).
  • Studying QCD vacuum by topological defects like monopoles and dyons and center vortices,QCD and lattice gauge theory, Using phenomenological models to study quark confinement and calculating the potential between quarks.