Selected Papers (1937 – 1976) of Julian Schwinger

ISBN-13: 9789027709752 / Angielski / Miękka / 1979 / 413 str.

M. Flato;C. Fronsdal;K.A. Milton

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Very few people have contributed as much to twentieth-century physics as Julian Schwinger. It is therefore appropriate to offer a retrospective of his work on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday (February 12, 1978). We hope, in offering this selection of his papers, to bring to light ideas and results that may have been partly overlooked at the time of the original publication. Schwinger has published prodigiously on a great variety of subjects, as is evident from the comprehensive list of publications arranged in chronological order which appears on p. xiii. Needless to say, only a small subset could be included in the present modest volume. In the selection, great weight was assigned to papers that seem to be less widely known or appreciated than they deserve. Many important papers are therefore omitted. (Examples: Paper [64] 'On Gauge Invariance and Vacuum Polarization' and Paper [69] 'On Angular Momentum', both of which have been reprinted elsewhere. ) The collection is a personal one, having been chosen by Schwinger himself, and is therefore of particular interest. It would probably not be interesting to offer an analysis, by the editors, of Schwinger's contributions to physics. However, we are very pleased to be able to include Schwinger's own informal and very personal comments about each article that appears in this volume. These comments indicate his reasons for choosing these particular articles and, in many cases, provide a capsule synopsis of what he considers most valuable.

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[8] ‘The Scattering of Neutrons by Ortho- and Parahydrogen’ (with E. Teller), Phys. Rev.52, 286 (1937)..- [11] ‘The Neutron-Proton Scattering Cross Section’ (with V. Cohen and H. Goldsmith), Phys. Rev.55, 106 (1939)..- [15] ‘On Pair Emission in the Proton Bombardment of Fluorine’ (with J. R. Oppenheimer), Phys. Rev.56, 1066 (1939)..- [25] ‘On a Theory of Particles with Half-Integral Spin’ (with W. Rarita), Phys. Rev.60, 61 (1941)..- [26] ‘On the Interaction of Mesotrons and Nuclei’ (with J. R. Oppenheimer), Phys. Rev.60, 150 (1941)..- [31] ‘On a Field Theory of Nuclear Forces’, Phys. Rev.61, 387 (1942)..- [34] ‘Polarization of Neutrons by Resonance Scattering in Helium’, Phys. Rev.69, 681 (1946)..- [42] ‘On the Polarization of Fast Neutrons’, Phys. Rev.73, 407 (1948)..- [43] ‘On Quantum-Electrodynamics and the Magnetic Moment of the Electron’, Phys. Rev.73, 416 (1948)..- [44] ‘A Note on Saturation in Microwave Spectroscopy’ (with R. Karplus), Phys. Rev.73, 1020 (1948)..- [58] ‘On the Charge Independence of Nuclear Forces’, Phys. Rev.78, 135(1950)..- [66] ‘On the Green’s Functions of Quantized Fields I, II’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.37, 452, 455 (1951)..- [74] ‘The Theory of Quantized Fields. III’, Phys. Rev.91, 728 (1953)..- [76] ‘The Theory of Quantized Fields. IV’, Phys. Rev.92, 1283 (1953)..- [78] ‘The Quantum Correction in the Radiation by Energetic Accelerated Electrons’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.40, 132 (1954)..- [82] ‘A Theory of the Fundamental Interactions’, Ann. Phys. (N. Y.)2, 407 (1957)..- [86] ‘On the Euclidean Structure of Relativistic Field Theory’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.44, 956 (1958)..- [88] ‘Euclidean Quantum Electrodynamics’, Phys. Rev.115, 721 (1959)..- [91] ‘The Algebra of Microscopic Measurement’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.45, 1542 (1959)..- [98] ‘The Special Canonical Group’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.46, 1401 (1960)..- [100] ‘On the Bound States of a Given Potential’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.47, 122 (1961)..- [101] ‘Brownian Motion of a Quantum Oscillator’, J. Math. Phys.2, 407(1961)..- [104] ‘Gauge Invariance and Mass’, Phys. Rev.125, 397(1962). 188.- [105] ‘Non-Abelian Gauge Fields. Commutation Relations’, Phys. Rev.125, 1043 (1962)..- [106] ‘Exterior Algebra and the Action Principle. I’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.48, 603 (1962)..- [107] ‘Non-Abelian Gauge Fields. Relativistic Invariance’, Phys. Rev.127, 324(1962)..- [108] ‘Gauge Invariance and Mass. II’, Phys. Rev.128, 2425 (1962)..- [109] ‘Quantum Variables and Group Parameters’, IlNuovo Cimento30, 278(1963)..- [111] ‘Commutation Relations and Conservation Laws’, Phys. Rev.130, 406 (1963)..- [112] ‘Energy and Momentum Density in Field Theory’, Phys. Rev.130, 800(1963)..- [114] ‘Quantized Gravitational Field.II’ Phys. Rev.132, 1317(1963)..- [116] ‘Coulomb Green’s Function’, J. Math. Phys.5, 1606 (1964)..- [117] ‘Non-Abelian Vector Gauge Fields and the Electromagnetic Field’, Rev. Mod. Phys.26, 609 (1964)..- [118] ‘Field Theory of Matter’, Phys. Rev.135, B816 (1964)..- [124] ‘Field Theory of Matter. II’, Phys. Rev.136, B1821 (1964)..- [128] ‘Field Theory of Matter.IV’, Phys. Rev.140, B158 (1965)..- [132] ‘Relativistic Quantum Field Theory’, Nobel Lecture, in Nobel Lectures — Physics, 1963–1970, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1972..- [135] ‘Particles and Sources’, Phys. Rev.152, 1219 (1966)..- [137] ‘Chiral Dynamics’, Phys. Letters24B, 473 (1967)..- [139] ‘Partial Symmetry’, Phys. Rev. Letters18, 923 (1967)..- [144] ‘Gauge Fields, Sources and Electromagnetic Masses’, Phys. Rev.165, 1714 (1968); Phys. Rev.167, 1546 (1968)..- [147] ‘Sources and Magnetic Charge’, Phys. Rev.173, 1536 (1968)..- [150] ‘A Magnetic Model of Matter’, Science, 165, 757(1969)..- [151] ‘Theory of Sources’, Contemporary Physics (Trieste Symposium 1968), IAEA Vienna, 1969, Vol. II, p. 59..- [155] ‘How Massive is the W Particle?’, Phys. Rev.D7, 908 (1973)..- [156] ‘Classical Radiation of Accelerated Electrons. II. A Quantum Viewpoint’, Phys. Rev.D7, 1696 (1973)..- [157] ‘How to Avoid ?Y=1Neutral Currents’, Phys. Rev.D8, 960 (1973)..- [160] ‘A Report on Quantum Electrodynamics’, in The Physicist’s Conception of Nature, edited by J. Mehra, Reidel, Dordrecht, 1973, p. 413..- [164] ‘Photon Propagation Function: Spectral Analysis of Its Asymptotic Form’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.71, 3024 (1974)..- [167] ‘Source Theory Viewpoints in Deep Inelastic Scattering’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.72, 1 (1975)..- [172] ‘Magnetic Charge and the Charge Quantization Condition’, Phys. Rev.D12, 3105 (1975)..- [174] ‘Casimir Effect in Source Theory’, Lett. Math. Phys.1, 43 (1975)..- [178] ‘Deep Inelastic Scattering of Leptons’, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A.73, 3351 (1976)..