Proceedings of the International Symposium on Frontiers of Science : in celebration of the 80th birthday of C.N. Yang : 17-19 June 2002, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China / editor, Hwa-Tung Nieh.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Yang, Chen Ning, 1922-2025.

Nieh, Hwa-Tung, 1935-

Conference Name:

International Symposium on Frontiers of Science (2002 : Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Cogresses.

Science.

Physics--Congresses.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (581 p.)

Place of Publication:

River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The International Symposium on Frontiers of Science was held to celebrate the 80th birthday of Chen Ning Yang, one of the great physicists of the 20th century and arguably the most-admired living scientist in China today. Many of the world's great scientists - including sixteen Nobel laureates, Fields medallists and Wolf Prize winners - converged on Beijing from all corners of the globe to pay tribute to Professor Yang.The Symposium was organized by Tsinghua University, with which Professor Yang has had a lifelong relationship. In 1997, he helped to found the Center for Advanced Study at Tsing

Contents:

PREFACE; CONTENTS; The International Symposium on Frontiers of Science; THE LASER - WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT HAPPENED; NEUTRINO PHYSICS; Literature; GAUGE THEORY AT TSINGHUA; EMERGENT RELATIVITY; 1. Introduction; 2. The Relativity Principle; 3. Critical Opalescence; 4. Quantum Phases; 5. Superfluidity; 6. Quantum Entanglement; 7. Critical Event Horizon; 8. Experimental Signatures; 8.1. Hydrodynamic Failure at High Energies; 8.2. Transparency; 8.3. Critical Opalescence; 8.4. Prompt Fluorescence; 8.5. Reflection Resonances; 8.6. Heat Capacity; 9. de Sitter Interior; 10. Conclusion; Acknowledgments

ReferencesWATCHING MOLECULAR SYSTEMS WORK, ONE AT A TIME; 1. Introduction; 2. FRET applied to individual immobilized biomolecules; 3. The observation of equilibrium fluctuations: a study of the hairpin ribozyme; 4. The observation of multiple ligand attachment: a study of the ribosome; Acknowledgments; References; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE HUMAN GENOME: STUDY OF GENETIC DISEASE; Purpose of the Human Genome Project; Chromosomes, DNA and Genes; From chromosome to DNA sequence; From map contig to DNA sequence; Progress of human genome sequencing (""public effort""); Work ahead of us

DNA sequence variationHow to find disease gene(s); Disease gene loci on human chromosome 7; Cystic fibrosis; Mapping of Cystic fibrosis to chromosome 7 in 1985; Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR); CFTR; The most common CF mutation: deItaF508; How do we explain the disease?; Cystic fibrosis mutations; Typical CF mutations; Distribution of common CF mutations; Genotype-phenotype correlation; Molecular consequences of CFTR mutations; CF genotype-phenotype correlation; CFTR mutation and clinical consequence; CFTR mutations in CF-related disorders; Modifier genes

Mouse chromosome 7Meconium ileus; Refined genetic interval for CFM1; KCNN4 gene region in mouse and human genome; CF (GI) modifier genes; CF mouse models; Lessons learned; ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES OF CUPRATE SUPERCONDUCTORS; Acknowledgements; References; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN 4-ANGSTROM CARBON NANOTUBES; 1. Background; 2. Electronic bandstructures and transport; 3. Physical picture and the Meissner effect; 4. Consistency with the transport data; 5. Observation of fluctuation supercurrent; 6. Unresolved problems; References; UNDERSTANDING HIGH Tc SUPERCONDUCTIVITY

1. Introduction2. Phase string theory; 3. Phase diagram; 3.1. Half-filling and dilute doping; 3.2. Superconducting state; 3.3. Pseudogap phase; 4. Summary; Acknowledgments; References; THE HIDDEN INFORMATION IN THE STANDARD MODEL; 1. Introduction; 2. The Standard Model and Beyond; 3. Questions; 4. Holography; 5. Determinism; 6. Information Loss; 7. Final Remarks; References; SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE MECHANIZATION OF MENTAL LABOR IN THE COMPUTER AGE; Bibliography; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS X-RAY FREE ELECTRON LASERS; 1. The Basic Principles of FEL; 2. High Gain FEL, SASE, and Gain Length

3. Relations Between the Gain Length and the Electron Beam Quality

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611933746

9781281933744

1281933740

9789812791207

9812791205