Our theoretical research includes explorations of conformal and scale invariant gravity theories and unified field theories, classical and quantum dynamics of the gravitational field, symmetries and conservation laws in relativistic field theories, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation of field theory, and geometrical methods in mathematical physics.

Our astrophysics research explores how gravitational wave astronomy is changing our view of the Cosmos, and how observations of the Universe in gravity can illuminate the fundamental structure of gravitational theory itself. Our work includes simulation of galaxies and binary star systems, extraction of science results from analysis and signal processing of gravitational wave data, and laser interferometer characterization.

FACULTY
Charlie Torre Gravitation, field theory, mathematical physics and algebraic computing.	Jim Wheeler Gauge theories of gravity; geometric basis of quantum theory; unification.	Shane Larson General relativity, astrophysics and gravitational waves

OUR STUDENTS
Student	Level	Advisor
Eric Addison	Graduate Student	Larson
Sydney Chamberlin	Undergraduate	Torre
Jake Knight	Undergraduate	Larson
Dillon Morse	Undergraduate	Torre
Juan Trujillo	Graduate Student	Wheeler

OUR FORMER STUDENTS
Student	Advisor	USU Deg	Current Post
Lara Anderson	Wheeler	BS, MS	U Penn (Postdoc)
Jose Hernandez	Wheeler	PhD	???
Takayuki Kitaura	Wheeler	PhD	???
Jamie Jorgensen	Torre	BS	???
Balraj Menon	Torre	PhD	???
Andre Wehner	Wheeler	PhD	Centre College (Faculty-Math/Physics)