Symmetry and Modern Physics: Yang Retirement Symposium : State University of New York, Stony Brook 21-22 May 1999

by Goldhaber, Alfred S.; Yang, C. N.

• ISBN13: 9789812385635
• ISBN10: 9812385630
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

C N Yang, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th Century, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957, jointly with T D Lee, for their investigation of the relationship (parity symmetry) between left- and right-handed states, leading to a discovery that astounded the world of physics -- the nonconservation of parity by elementary particles and their reactions. With R L Mills, he created the concept of non-abelian gauge theories, the foundation of the modern description of elementary particles and forces. Professor Yang has worked on a wide range of subjects in physics, but his abiding interests have been symmetry principles, particle physics, and statistical mechanics.In 1999, a symposium was held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook to mark the retirement of C N Yang as Einstein Professor and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, and to celebrate his many achievements. A noteworthy selection of the papers presented at the symposium appears in this invaluable volume in honor of Professor Yang.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
A Conservative Revolutionary	1	(6)
F. Dyson
Renormalization of Gauge Theories and Master Equation	7	(12)
J. Zinn-Justin
High Tc Superconductivity: Symmetries and Reflections	19	(6)
S.-C. Zhang
When Atoms Behave as Waves: Bose--Einstein Condensation and the Atom Laser	25	(40)
W. Ketterle
A Theory of Gamma-Ray Bursts	65	(30)
G. E. Brown
C.-H. Lee
R. A. M. J. Wijers
H. K. Lee
G. Israelian
H. A. Bethe
Reconsideration of a Question Posed by Frank Yang at the 1973 Bonn Conference	95	(8)
M. Veltman
Direct T-Violation Measurements and T-Odd Effects in Decay Experiments	103	(10)
L. Alvarez-Gaume
C. Kounnas
S. Lola
P. Pavlopoulos
Geometry Motivated by Physics	113	(12)
S.-T. Yau
Bethe's Ansatz: Now & Then	125	(18)
B. Sutherland
The Microscopic World Unveiled by Electron Waves	143	(26)
A. Tonomura
Possibilities for Spin Physics at High Energy	169	(10)
E. D. Courant
Research and Development Towards X-ray Free Electron Lasers	179	(20)
L. H. Yu
Remarks on Yang--Mills Theory	199	(8)
T. T. Wu
The Hidden Information in the Standard Model	207	(14)
G. 't Hooft
The θ--τ Puzzle Revisited	221	(4)
M. Goldhaber
Remarks for ITP Presentation, C. N. Yang Symposium	225	(4)
G. Sterman
Program	229	(6)
Participants	235	(4)
Scientific and Related Works of Chen Ning Yang	239