Frontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics: 9th International Symposium Udine and Trieste, Italy 7-9 January 2008

by Sidharth, B. G.; Honsell, F.; Mansutti, O.; Sreenivasan, K.; De Angelis, Gessica

• ISBN13: 9780735405394
• ISBN10: 0735405395
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-21
• Publisher: Amer Inst of Physics
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Summary

The 9th International Symposium 'œFrontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics', held in Udine and Trieste, Italy from 7-9 January 2008, aimed at providing a platform for a wide range of physicists to meet and share thoughts on the latest trends in various, mainly cross-disciplinary, research areas. This includes the exploration of frontier lines in High Energy Physics, Theoretical Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology, Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Fluid Mechanics. Such frontier lines were unified by the use of computers as an, often primary, research instrument, or dealing with issues related to information theory. These proceedings contain contributions by Nobel Laureates D.D. Osheroff, H. Hroto, and A. Leggett, and concludes with a chapter on new approaches to Physics Teaching.

Table of Contents

Special Lectures
Is Quantum Mechanics the Whole Truth? (Abstract)	p. 3
Superfluid Helium Three: The First Unconventional BCS States (Abstract) 3
Architecture in Nanospace (Abstract)	p. 3
Foundations of Physics and Quantum Mechanics
The Thermodynamic Universe	p. 7
Average Exceptional Lie Group Hierarchy and High Energy Physics	p. 15
Non-locality on the Time Axis	p. 21
Theory of Time beyond the Standard Model	p. 27
Quantum Information and Wave Function Collapse	p. 33
Hidden-Variable Theory versus Copenhagen Quantum Mechanics	p. 40
Four Qubit Entangled Pure States and K-way Negativities	p. 46
Controlled Manipulation of Three Cold Trapped Ions in a Cavity	p. 48
Vortex-Antivortex Macroscopic Quantum State	p. 50
Paraquantum Yang-Mills Theory and PBRST Trasformations	p. 52
Relativity and Cosmology
The Redshift-Distance Relation Extended to Higher Redshifts in Cosmological General Rclativity	p. 57
Topics in Cosmology	p. 67
Angular Power Spectrum in Modular Invariant Inflation Model	p. 74
Weak Lensing on the CMB: Estimations Based on AP3M Simulations	p. 80
The Speed of Light and the Hubble Parameter: The Mass-Boom Effect	p. 86
Multiparticle Quantum Cosmology	p. 94
5d Relativistic Hydrodynamics and Cosmology	p. 100
Cosmology in the Light of the Theory of Time	p. 104
New Concepts of Dimensions and Consequences	p. 110
Connecting Fundamental Constants	p. 116
Modeling the Energy of Stringy Black Hole Solutions	p. 120
Experiments and Phenomenology at the Frontier of Fundamental Physics
Weak Nuclear Forces Cause the Strong Nuclear Force	p. 125
Supercritical Fields and Short Living Giant Atoms	p. 135
Evidence for a New Light Boson from Cosmological Gamma-Ray Propagation?	p. 147
Very High Energy Photons from Distant Extragalactic Sources Observed by MAGIC: AGNs and GRBs	p. 157
From Tevatron to LHC	p. 167
Top Quark Cross Section Measurement in ATLAS: Commissioning Analysis	p. 177
A Novel Background Reduction Strategy for High Level Triggers and Processing in Gamma-Ray Cherenkov Detectors	p. 180
Representations and Image Classification Methods for Cherenkov Telescopes	p. 184
Computational Physics, Complex Systems and the Structure of Matter
Tonelli Principle: Finite Reduction and Fixed Energy Molecular Dynamics Trajectories	p. 189
First-Principles Investigations of Intrinsic and Si-doped GaAs Nanowires: Structural Stability and Electronic Properties	p. 193
Interaction of Carbon Dioxide with Ni(110): A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study	p. 197
Interaction of a CO Molecule with a Pt Monoatomic Chain: The Top Geometry	p. 201
Monte Carlo Simulation of the Optical Absorption of Hydrogenated Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Films	p. 205
Principles of Self-Organization in Young Brain - Viewed from Kohonen Model	p. 207
Physics Education
Multimedia in Physics Teaching and Learning	p. 217
The SUPERCOMET 2 Project: Teacher Seminar and Teacher Guide	p. 221
Superconductivity in Italian Secondary Schools: The Experimentation Carried out by Udine University with Supercomet2 (SC2) Materials	p. 225
Electric Conduction in Solids: A Pedagogical Approach Supported by Laboratory Measurements and Computer Modelling Environments	p. 227
Disciplinary Knots and Learning Problems in Electromagnetism	p. 231
Surface Charges and Fields in Stationary Conductors with Steady Currents	p. 236
Perspective Primary Teachers Explores Magnetic Interactions as a Base to Understand Lorentz Force	p. 240
Virtually Exploring a Pillar of Experimental Physics: The Hertz Experiment	p. 244
Understanding the Physics of Changing Mass Phenomena	p. 248
Master IDIFO for In-Service Teacher Training in Modem Physics	p. 253
The First Italian Doctorate (PhD Course) in Physics Education Research	p. 255
Secondary School Teachers Discussing the Pedagogical and Cultural Aspects in Teaching-Learning Quantum Physics	p. 257
A Round Table as Tool for Getting in Touch Science and School	p. 259
Author Index	p. 263
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