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Symmetry & modern physics : Yang Retirement Symposium : State University of New York, Stony Brook, 21-22 May 1999 / edited by A. Goldhaber [and others].

Title
Symmetry & modern physics : Yang Retirement Symposium : State University of New York, Stony Brook, 21-22 May 1999 / edited by A. Goldhaber [and others].
Publication
River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, [2003], ©2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Goldhaber, Alfred S.
  • Symmetries and Reflections (1999 : State University of New York at Stony Brook)
  • Yang, Chen Ning, 1922-
Description
xi, 291 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
Alternative Title
  • Symmetry and modern physics
  • Yang Retirement Symposium
Subject
Note
  • The symposium "Symmetries and Reflections" was held at Stony Brook on May 21-22, 1999"--P. viii.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Scientific and related works of Chen Ning Yang": p. 239-291.
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
A Conservative Revolutionary / F. Dyson -- Renormalization of Gauge Theories and Master Equation / J. Zinn-Justin -- High T[subscript c] Superconductivity: Symmetries and Reflections / S.-C. Zhang -- When Atoms Behave as Waves: Bose-Einstein Condensation and the Atom Laser / W. Ketterle -- A Theory of Gamma-Ray Bursts / G. E. Brown, C.-H. Lee, R. A. M. J. Wijers, H. K. Lee, G. Israelian and H. A. Bethe -- Reconsideration of a Question Posed by Frank Yang at the 1973 Bonn Conference / M. Veltman -- Direct T-Violation Measurements and T-Odd Effects in Decay Experiments / L. Alvarez-Gaume, C. Kounnas, S. Lola and P. Pavlopoulos -- Geometry Motivated by Physics / S.-T. Yau -- Bethe's Ansatz: Now & Then / B. Sutherland -- The Microscopic World Unveiled by Electron Waves / A. Tonomura -- Possibilities for Spin Physics at High Energy / E. D. Courant -- Research and Development Towards X-ray Free Electron Lasers / L. H. Yu -- Remarks on Yang-Mills Theory / T. T. Wu -- The Hidden Information in the Standard Model / G. 't Hooft -- The [theta]-[tau] Puzzle Revisited / M. Goldhaber -- Remarks for ITP Presentation, C. N. Yang Symposium / G. Sterman -- Scientific and Related Works of Chen Ning Yang.
ISBN
  • 9812385037
  • 9812385630 (pbk.)
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries