NSF Org:	PHY Division Of Physics
Recipient:	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Initial Amendment Date:	August 14, 1987
Latest Amendment Date:	July 19, 1993
Award Number:	8657267
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Gino Segre PHY  Division Of Physics MPS  Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Start Date:	August 15, 1987
End Date:	July 31, 1994 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$312,000.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$312,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1987 = $62,500.00 FY 1988 = $62,500.00 FY 1989 = $62,500.00 FY 1990 = $62,000.00 FY 1991 = $62,500.00
History of Investigator:	Keith Olive (Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2221 UNIVERSITY AVE SE STE 100 MINNEAPOLIS MN  US  55414-3074 (612)624-5599
Sponsor Congressional District:	05
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2221 UNIVERSITY AVE SE STE 100 MINNEAPOLIS MN  US  55414-3074
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	05
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	KABJZBBJ4B54
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	THEORETICAL PHYSICS
Primary Program Source:
Program Reference Code(s):	9227
Program Element Code(s):	124500
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.049

ABSTRACT

Theoretical research on the interface of particle physics and cosmology will be performed over the next five years. Models of particle physics attempting to unify the four fundamental forces necessarily involve energies inaccessible to present day accelerators. In the standard Big Bang model of the early universe, however, extremely high temperatures and densities are present and lend a background for testing unified models. Necessary observational consequences of a unified theory should include, for example, a matter-antimatter asymmetry and the correct abundances of light nuclear isotopes. The resulting goal of such a program is thus to further our understanding of the forces of nature as well as the evolutionary history of the Universe. The work will be carried out by a highly-distinguished young physicist who is one of the new Presidential Young Investigators for 1987.

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