Symmetry & modern physics : Yang Retirement Symposium : State University of New York, Stony Brook, 21-22 May 1999 / edited by A. Goldhaber ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Goldhaber, Alfred S.

Yang, Chen Ning, 1922-2025.

Conference Name:

Symmetries and Reflections (1999 : State University of New York, Stony Brook)

Symmetries and Reflections (1999 : State University of New York at Stony Brook)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symmetry (Physics)--Congresses.

Symmetry (Physics).

Physics--Congresses.

Physics.

Yang, Chen Ning, 1922-2025.

Yang, Chen Ning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Symmetry and modern physics

Yang Retirement Symposium

Place of Publication:

River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

C N Yang, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th Century, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957, jointly with T D Lee, for their investigation of the relationship (parity symmetry) between left- and right-handed states, leading to a discovery that astounded the world of physics - the nonconservation of parity by elementary particles and their reactions. With R L Mills, he created the concept of non-abelian gauge theories, the foundation of the modern description of elementary particles and forces. Professor Yang has worked on a wide range of subjects in physics, but his abiding interests ha

Contents:

CONTENTS ; Foreword ; A Conservative Revolutionary ; Renormalization of Gauge Theories and Master Equation ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Classical Gauge Action and Quantization ; 3. Renormalization ; 4. BRS Symmetry ; 5. Renormalization and Master Equation

High Tc Superconductivity: Symmetries and Reflections References ; When Atoms Behave as Waves: Bose-Einstein Condensation and the Atom Laser ; 1. Introduction ; 2. BEC and Condensed Matter Physics ; 3. Spin-Polarized Hydrogen ; 4. Laser Cooling ; 5. The Effort at MIT 1990-1996

6. The Magic of Matter Waves 7. Outlook ; References ; A Theory of Gamma-Ray Bursts ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Simple Circuitry ; 3. Energetics of GRBs ; 4. Comparison with Numerical Calculation ; 5. An Even More Schematic Model ; 6. Previous Models

7. Soft X-ray Transients as Relics of Hypernovae and GRB 8. Discussion and Conclusion ; References ; Reconsideration of a Question Posed by Frank Yang at the 1973 Bonn Conference ; Direct T-Violation Measurements and T-Odd Effects in Decay Experiments ; 1. Introduction

2. Study of Discrete Symmetries in the Neutral Kaon System 3. CPLEAR Direct Measurement of Time-Reversibility ; 4. T-Odd Effects Versus T-Reversal Violation ; 5. Conclusions ; References ; Geometry Motivated by Physics ; References ; Bethe's Ansatz: Now & Then ; 1. Circa 1996

2. Wavefunctions

Notes:

The symposium "Symmetries and Reflections" was held at Stony Brook on May 21-22, 1999"--P. viii.

"Scientific and related works of Chen Ning Yang": p. 239-291.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611935511

9781281935519

1281935514

9789812795083

9812795081

OCLC:

815752493