Art and symmetry in experimental physics : festschrift for Eugene D. Commins, Berkeley, California, 20-21 May 2001 / editors, Dmitry Budker, Philip H. Bucksbaum, Stuart J. Freedman.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Commins, Eugene D.

Budker, Dmitry.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Freedman, Stuart J.

Conference Name:

ComminsFest Symposium (2001 : Berkeley, Calif.)

Series:

AIP conference proceedings ; no. 596.

AIP conference proceedings, 0094-243X ; v. 596

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commins, Eugene D.

Nuclear physics--Congresses.

Nuclear physics.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 286 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Melville, N.Y. : American Institute of Physics, [2001]

Contents:

Symposium Overview, History, and Recollections

Gleanings from the ComminsFest Symposium / J. D. Jackson 3

Weak Interactions of Leptons and Quarks Using Radioactive Atomic Beams / P. A. Vetter 13

A Random Walk in Science / S. Chu 21

Searches for P,T Violations in Atoms and Molecules

The Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment

Still Active, Still Important / E. N. Fortson 39

New Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of [superscript 199]Hg / M. V. Romalis, W. C. Griffith, J. P. Jacobs, E. N. Fortson 47

Measuring the Electron Electric Dipole Moment in Ybf / B. E. Sauer, J. J. Hudson, M. R. Tarbutt, E. A. Hinds 62

Search for the Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron Using Metastable PbO / D. DeMille, F. Bay, S. Bickman, D. Kawall, L. Hunter, D. Krause, Jr., S. Maxwell, K. Ulmer 72

Progress towards Fundamental Symmetry Tests with Nonlinear Optical Rotation / D. F. Kimball, D. Budker, D. S. English, C.-H. Li, A.-T. Nguyen, S. M. Rochester, A. O. Sushkov, V. V. Yashchuk, M. Zolotorev 84

Atomic Tests of Discrete Symmetries at Berkeley / D. S. English, D. F. Kimball, C.-H. Li, A.-T. Nguyen, S. M. Rochester, J. E. Stalnaker, V. V. Yashchuk, D. Budker, S. J. Freedman, M. Zolotorev 108

Searches for New Particles and Interactions

Hunting the Fifth Force on the Snake River / W. R. Bennett, Jr. 123

Remarks on Search Methods for Stable, Massive, Elementary Particles / M. L. Perl 156

More Adventures in Atomic, Molecular, and Nuclear Physics

From Helium-6 to Krypton-81 / Z.-T. Lu 171

Quantum Control / P. H. Bucksbaum 176

The Creation and Measurement of Chiral Coherences / R. A. Harris, J. D. Walls 186

CASCADE: A New Efficient and Position Sensitive Detector for Thermal Neutrons on Large Areas / M. Klein, H. Abele, D. Fiolka, C. J. Schmidt 193

Theoretical Perspectives

Symmetries and the Connection between Spin and Statistics in Rigorous Quantum Field Theory / E. H. Wichmann 201

Electric Field Distribution in Nuclei Produced by the P,T-Odd Nuclear Schiff Moment / V. V. Flambaum, J. S. M. Ginges 232

Night Thoughts on Consciousness and Time Reversal / A. Zee 246

Astrophysics and Cosmology

Supernovae, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Universe

What Next? / S. Perlmutter 253

Mid-Infrared Stellar Interferometry and Diameters of Cold Stars / C. H. Townes 275.

Notes:

"ComminsFest Symposium"--P. vii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0735400407

OCLC:

48631650