The logic of nature, complexity and new physics : from quark-gluon plasma to superstrings, quantum gravity and beyond : proceedings of the International School of Subnuclear Physics / edited by Antonino Zichichi.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International School of Subnuclear Physics, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Zichichi, Antonino.

Conference Name:

International School of Subnuclear Physics (44th : 2006 : Erice, Italy)

International School of Subnuclear Physics

Series:

Subnuclear series ; v. 44.

Subnuclear series ; v. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quarks--Congresses.

Quarks.

Gluons--Congresses.

Gluons.

Quantum gravity--Congresses.

Quantum gravity.

Superstring theories--Congresses.

Superstring theories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (688 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From August 29 to September 7, 2006, a large group of distinguished lecturers and young physicists coming from various countries around the world met in Erice, Italy, at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (EMFCSC) for the 44th course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics: "The Logic of Nature, Complexity and New Physics: From Quark-Gluon Plasma to Superstrings, Quantum Gravity and Beyond".This book is a collection of lectures given during the course, covering the most recent advances in theoretical physics and the latest results from current experiment

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; Mini-Courses on Basics; Highlights from Laboratories; Seminars on Specialistic Topics; Homage to R. H. Dalitz; Special Sessions for New Talents; Closing Ceremony; Complexity of Chaotic Fields and Standard Model Parameters C. Beck; 1 Introduction; 2 Moduli fields and variable fine structure const ant; 3 Stochastic quantization; 4 Introducing chaotic fields; 5 Generating potentials for moduli fields; 6 Numerical results; 6.1 The 3A dynarnics-electric interaction strengths of electrons and d-quarks; 6.2 The 3B dynamics -weak interaction strengths of neutrinos and w-quarks

6.3 The 2A dynamics -strong interaction strength at the W-mass scale6.4 The 2B dynarnics-the lightest scalar glueball; 6.5 The 2A- and 2B- dynamics - towards a Higgs mass prediction; 7 New physics?; 8 Conclusion; References; DISCUSSION I; DISCUSSION II; QCD at Low Energy: The Simplicity of Complex Non-Perturbative Phenomena G. Colangelo; 1 Introduction; 2 Effective field theories for systems with spon- taneous symmetry breaking; 2.1 Goldstone theorem; 2.2 Explicit symmetry breaking; 2.3 External fields; 2.4 Chiral perturbation theory; 3 Higher orders; 3.1 LOOPS and renormalization

3.2 Chiral logarithms3.3 Loops and unitarity; 3.4 Dispersion relation for the scalar form factor; 4 Applications; 4.1 scattering; 4.2 The 0 meson; 5 Conclusions and outlook; Acknowledgment; References; DISCUSSION I; DISCUSSION I1; Complexity and Landscape in String Theory F. Denef, M. R. Douglas; DISCUSSION I; DISCUSSION II; DISCUSSION III; Black Holes, Qubits and the Fano Plane M. J. Duff, S. Ferrara; 1 Black holes and qubits; 2 The N=2 STU model; 3 Cayley's hyperdeterminant; 4 Black hole entropy; 5 The N=8 generalization; 6 Decomposition of E; 7 Tripartite entanglement of 7 qubits

8 Cartan's E7(7) invariant9 The black hole analogy; 10 Subsectors; 11 Conclusions; 12 Acknowledgement; References; DISCUSSION I; DISCUSSION 11; The Status of Lattice QCD R. Kenway; 1. The Strong Interaction from First Principles; 2. The Parameters of QCD; 3. Renormalisation; 4. The Continuum Limit; 5. The Staggered Quark Controversy; 6. Computational Cost; 7. Quenched QCD; 8. The QCD Vacuum; 9. The Parameters of the Standard Model; 10. Hadron Spectrum; 11. Determination of the CKM Matrix; 12. Leptonic Decays; 13. CP Violation in the Neutral Kaon System; 14. Neutral B Meson Mixing

15. Semileptonic Decays16. The Impact of Lattice QCD on Flavour Physics; 17. Constraints on Physics Beyond the Standard Model; 18. Lattice QCD as a Phenomenological Tool; DISCUSSION I; DISCUSSION I1; The Landscape and its Physics Foundations ~ Generates the Landscape L. Susskind How String Theory; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Census Bureau; 3 Open FRW and Euclidean ADS; 4 The Holographic Wheeler DeWitt Equation; 4.1 Wheeler DeWitt and the Emergence of Time; 4.2 Holographic WDW; 4.3 The Wave Function; 5 Data; 5.1 Scalars; 5.2 Metric Fluctuations; 5.3 Dimension Zero Term; 6 Liouville Theory

6.1 Breaking Free of the STT Gauge

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789812832467

9812832467