Murray Gell-Mann and the Physics of Quarks

ISBN-13: 9783030063825 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 167 str.

Harald Fritzsch

Spis treści

Murray Gell-Mann.- Isospin and SU(3)-Symmetry.- THE EIGHTFOLD WAY.- Quarks.- Quarks, 1964.- Light Cone Current Algebra.- Quantum Chromodynamics.- Light-Cone Current Algebra, Decay, and e+e- Annihilation.- Current Algebra: Quarks and What Else?.- Advantages of the color octet gluon Picture

O autorze

Harald Fritzsch, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Blurb

Murray Gell-Mann, Physics Nobel Prize Laureate in 1969  is known for his theoretical work on elementary particle physics and the introduction of quarks and together with H. Fritzsch the “Quantum Chromodynamics”.

Based on four sections the Editor gives an overview on the work of Gell-Mann and his contributions to various aspects of the physics, related to quarks. His most important and influential papers were selected and reprinted so that the reader easily can check the original work of Gell-Mann.