Fundamental Interactions in Physics and Astrophysics: A Volume Dedicated to P.A.M. Dirac on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday

ISBN-13: 9781461345886 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 460 str.

Behram Kursunoglu

Opis

The present volume is a compilation of the talks presented at the 1972 Coral Gables Conference on Fundamental Interactions at High Energy held at the University of Miami by the Center for Theoretical Studies. The volume contains, in addition, contributions by B. Kursunoglu and G. Breit, which were not actually presented, but are included as tributes to Professor P.A.M. Dirac, to whom the Conference is formally dedicated. Again this year the theme, style and format of each session was in most cases the responsibility of the section leaders who also cons ituted the Conference Committee. This organization of the conference meant that each section was coherent and essentially self-contained, and as weIl, allowed for spirited panel discussions to critically summarize, and to indicate new directions for future research. This volume is divided into four sections on Constructive Field Theory, and Advances in the Theory of Weak and Electro- magnetic Interactions, Cosmic Evolution, and New Vistas in the Theory of Fundamental Interactions. Each section represents a thorough, penetrating survey of one of the most active research programs of theoretical physics. Thanks are due to typists Mrs. Helga S. Billings, Mrs. Jackie Zagursky, Miss Connie Retting, and to Mrs. Norma Gayle Hagan for her industrious supervision of the many programs involved in the conference. This conference received some support from the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Editors vii Miss Sevil Kursunoglu, Professor Behram Kursunoglu, Professor P. A. M. Dirac, Mrs. Behram Kursunoglu, Mr.

Spis treści

Section One Constructive Field Theory.- Constructive Field Theory: Introduction to the Problems.- The P(?)2 Model.- The Yukawa Quantum Field Theory in Two Space-Time Dimensions.- Perturbation Theory and Coupling Constant Analyticity in Two-Dimensional Field Theories.- Panel Discussion.- Constructive Field Theory, Phase II.- Section Two Advances in the Theory of Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions.- Theory of Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions.- Current High Energy Neutrino Experiments.- Dispersion Inequalities and Their Application to the Pion’s Electromagnetic Radius and the K?3 Parameters.- Prospects for the Detection of Higher Order Weak Processes and the Study of Weak Interactions at High Energy.- Breaking Nambu-Goldstone Chiral Symmetries.- Section Three Cosmic Evolution.- Interacting Galaxies.- Missing Mass in the Universe.- Evolution of Irregularities in an Expanding Universe.- Panel Discussion.- Section Four New Vistas in the Theory of Fundamental Interactions.- The Dirac Hypothesis.- Zitterbewegung of the New Positive-Energy Particle.- A Master Wave Equation.- Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics of the CP Violation.- Gauge Invariant Spinor Theories and the Gravitational Field.- Progress in Light Cone Physics.- Tests of Charge Independence by Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering.- Particles as Normal Modes of a Gauge Field Theory.- List of Participants.