Adventures in theoretical physics : selected papers with commentaries / Stephen L. Adler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adler, Stephen L.

Series:

World Scientific series in 20th century physics ; v. 37.

World Scientific series in 20th century physics ; v. 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematical physics.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (761 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the period 1964-1972, Stephen L Adler wrote seminal papers on high energy neutrino processes, current algebras, soft pion theorems, sum rules, and perturbation theory anomalies that helped lay the foundations for our current standard model of elementary particle physics. These papers are reprinted here together with detailed historical commentaries describing how they evolved, their relation to other work in the field, and their connection to recent literature. Later important work by Dr Adler on a wide range of topics in fundamental theory, phenomenology, and numerical methods, and th

Contents:

Contents ; Preface ; Commentaries ; 1. Early Years and Condensed Matter Physics ; References for Chapter 1 ; 2. High Energy Neutrino Reactions PCAC Relations and Sum Rules ; Introduction ; Forward Lepton Theorem ; Soft Pion Theorems ; Sum Rules ; More Low Energy Theorems

Weak Pion Production Redux References for Chapter 2 ; 3. Anomalies: Chiral Anomalies and Their Nonrenormalization Perturbative Corrections to Scaling and Trace Anomalies to All Orders ; Chiral Anomalies and n0 -> yy Decay ; Anomaly Nonrenormalization

Point Splitting Calculations of the Anomaly The Non-Abelian Anomaly Its Nonrenormalization and Geometric Interpretation ; Perturbative Corrections to Scaling ; Trace Anomalies to All Orders ; References for Chapter 3 ; 4. Quantum Electrodynamics ; Introduction

Strong Magnetic Field Electrodynamics: Photon Splitting and Vacuum Dielectric Constant The ""Finite QED"" Program via the Callan-Symanzik Equations ; Compactification of Massless QED and Applications ; References for Chapter 4 ; 5. Particle Phenomenology and Neutral Currents

Introduction Visits to Fermilab ; Neutral Currents ; References for Chapter 5 ; 6. Gravitation ; Introduction ; First Papers ; Einstein Gravity as a Symmetry Breaking Effect ; References for Chapter 6 ; 7. Non-Abelian Monopoles Confinement Models and Chiral Symmetry Breaking

Introduction

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611919672

9781281919670

1281919675

9789812774767

9812774769

OCLC:

879024019