Ebook: Physics of Strong Fields

The NATO Advanced Study Institute on Physios of St~ong Fields was held at Maratea/Italy from 1-14 June, 1986. The school was devoted to the advances, theoretical and experimental, in physics of strong fields made during the past five years. The topic of the first week was almost exclusively quantum electrodynamics, with dis­ cussions of symmetry breaking in the ground state, of the physics of strong fields in heavy ion collisions and of precision tests of perturba­ tive quantum electrodynamics. The famous positron lines found at GSI (Darmstadt) and the related question "new particle versus vacuum decay" - (yes or no or both) - constituted the center of experimental advances. This was followed in the second week by the presentation of a broad range of other areas where strong fields occur, reaching from nuclear physics over quantum chromodynamics to gravitation theory and astrophysics. We were fortunate to be able to calIon a body of lecturers who not only made considerable personal contributions to this research but who are also noted for their lecturing skills. Their enthusiasm and dedication for their work was readily transmitted to the students resulting in a very suc­ cessful school.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Strong Fields in Perspective....Pages 1-15
Status of Precision QED in Light and Heavy Atoms....Pages 17-41
The Many Facets of the Dirac Vacuum....Pages 43-57
Are the Positron Peaks Caused by Internal Electron-Positron Pair Conversion?....Pages 59-80
Atomic Clock Phenomena in Collisions of Very Heavy Ions....Pages 81-110
Narrow Correlated Positron-Electron Peaks from Superheavy Collision Systems....Pages 111-194
Investigation of Positron Line Emission in Heavy Ion Collisions with the EPOS-Spectrometer....Pages 195-251
Special Aspects of the EPOS Experiments on Positron Emission from Superheavy Collision Systems....Pages 253-264
Spectroscopy of Positrons from Heavy Ion — Atom Collisions....Pages 265-280
Positron Emission from Subcritical Systems....Pages 281-304
The Consequences of Sudden Rearrangements of Electronic Shells....Pages 305-314
Are the GSI Events Caused by Particle Decay?....Pages 315-347
On the Possibility of New Particle Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 349-357
Quasiatomic Spectroscopy as a Tool for Deep Inelastic Collisions....Pages 359-371
Positrons and Electrons Emitted in Elastic and Dissipative Heavy Ion Collisions....Pages 373-391
Do Nucleons Dissolve in Giant Nuclei?....Pages 393-404
Vacuum Vibrations....Pages 405-409
Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 411-421
Nuclear Contact Times in Dissipative Heavy Ion Collsions Measured Via ?-Ray Spectroscopy....Pages 423-439
Positron-Electron Angular Correlations in Heavy Ion Collisions....Pages 441-448
Exotic Nuclear Structures and Decays: New Nuclear Collective Phenomena....Pages 449-463
Ionisation and Tunneling in a Strong Electric Field....Pages 465-475
Quantum Mechanical Theory of Positron Production in Heavy Ion Collisions with Nuclear Contact....Pages 477-499
Study of the Consequences of Hypothesized Potential Pockets Using Simple Models....Pages 501-510
Theories of Heavy-Ion Interaction Potentials for Giant Dinuclear Systems....Pages 511-525
Future Aspects of Positron Spectroscopy....Pages 527-543
Interference Effects in Quasimolecular Radiation and a Clock for Heavy Ion Nuclear Reactions....Pages 545-563
Relativistic Density Functional Theory....Pages 565-583
Nonperturbative Radiative and Bound-State Equations for Strong Quantumelectrodynamics....Pages 585-600
Magnetic Resonances and the Positron Peak in Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 601-608
Atomic Processes in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions....Pages 609-627
?- and ?-Pair Production from Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 629-644
Experiments on Few-Electron Very High-Z ions....Pages 645-653
A Novel Approach to Lamb Shift Measurements in High Z Hydrogenic Ions....Pages 655-661
Symmetry Violation in Atoms....Pages 663-669
Atomic Physics and the Dimensionality of Space....Pages 671-678
An Introduction to Skyrmions as Applied in Nuclear Physics....Pages 679-706
The Baryon-Baryon Interaction and the Quark Model....Pages 707-720
Nuclear Matter at High Densities and Temperature....Pages 721-734
The Non-Topological Soliton Bag Model....Pages 735-767
Pair Production and Quantum Transport in Strong Color Fields....Pages 769-789
Antimatter Clusters from Hadronizing Quark-Gluon Plasma....Pages 791-808
Colour Interactions in Giant Quark Bags....Pages 809-816
The QCD Vacuum....Pages 817-831
Gluon Condensation in Quark-Gluon Plasma....Pages 833-842
How Topological Concepts Lead to Quantum Numbers for Baryons....Pages 843-851
Pressure Ensemble and Dense Nuclear Matter with Finite Size Nucleons at Zero Temperature....Pages 853-869
Boundary Conditions and the Structure of the Vacuum....Pages 871-878
Quantum Effects in Strong Gravitational Fields....Pages 879-898
Temperature Corrections to the Casimir Effect....Pages 899-906
The Future of Nuclear Physics....Pages 907-956
Van Der Waals Forces and Zero Point Energy....Pages 957-964
Summary Talk: Theoretical....Pages 965-977
Experimental Summary....Pages 979-997
Back Matter....Pages 999-1015

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Strong Fields in Perspective....Pages 1-15
Status of Precision QED in Light and Heavy Atoms....Pages 17-41
The Many Facets of the Dirac Vacuum....Pages 43-57
Are the Positron Peaks Caused by Internal Electron-Positron Pair Conversion?....Pages 59-80
Atomic Clock Phenomena in Collisions of Very Heavy Ions....Pages 81-110
Narrow Correlated Positron-Electron Peaks from Superheavy Collision Systems....Pages 111-194
Investigation of Positron Line Emission in Heavy Ion Collisions with the EPOS-Spectrometer....Pages 195-251
Special Aspects of the EPOS Experiments on Positron Emission from Superheavy Collision Systems....Pages 253-264
Spectroscopy of Positrons from Heavy Ion — Atom Collisions....Pages 265-280
Positron Emission from Subcritical Systems....Pages 281-304
The Consequences of Sudden Rearrangements of Electronic Shells....Pages 305-314
Are the GSI Events Caused by Particle Decay?....Pages 315-347
On the Possibility of New Particle Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 349-357
Quasiatomic Spectroscopy as a Tool for Deep Inelastic Collisions....Pages 359-371
Positrons and Electrons Emitted in Elastic and Dissipative Heavy Ion Collisions....Pages 373-391
Do Nucleons Dissolve in Giant Nuclei?....Pages 393-404
Vacuum Vibrations....Pages 405-409
Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 411-421
Nuclear Contact Times in Dissipative Heavy Ion Collsions Measured Via ?-Ray Spectroscopy....Pages 423-439
Positron-Electron Angular Correlations in Heavy Ion Collisions....Pages 441-448
Exotic Nuclear Structures and Decays: New Nuclear Collective Phenomena....Pages 449-463
Ionisation and Tunneling in a Strong Electric Field....Pages 465-475
Quantum Mechanical Theory of Positron Production in Heavy Ion Collisions with Nuclear Contact....Pages 477-499
Study of the Consequences of Hypothesized Potential Pockets Using Simple Models....Pages 501-510
Theories of Heavy-Ion Interaction Potentials for Giant Dinuclear Systems....Pages 511-525
Future Aspects of Positron Spectroscopy....Pages 527-543
Interference Effects in Quasimolecular Radiation and a Clock for Heavy Ion Nuclear Reactions....Pages 545-563
Relativistic Density Functional Theory....Pages 565-583
Nonperturbative Radiative and Bound-State Equations for Strong Quantumelectrodynamics....Pages 585-600
Magnetic Resonances and the Positron Peak in Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 601-608
Atomic Processes in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions....Pages 609-627
?- and ?-Pair Production from Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 629-644
Experiments on Few-Electron Very High-Z ions....Pages 645-653
A Novel Approach to Lamb Shift Measurements in High Z Hydrogenic Ions....Pages 655-661
Symmetry Violation in Atoms....Pages 663-669
Atomic Physics and the Dimensionality of Space....Pages 671-678
An Introduction to Skyrmions as Applied in Nuclear Physics....Pages 679-706
The Baryon-Baryon Interaction and the Quark Model....Pages 707-720
Nuclear Matter at High Densities and Temperature....Pages 721-734
The Non-Topological Soliton Bag Model....Pages 735-767
Pair Production and Quantum Transport in Strong Color Fields....Pages 769-789
Antimatter Clusters from Hadronizing Quark-Gluon Plasma....Pages 791-808
Colour Interactions in Giant Quark Bags....Pages 809-816
The QCD Vacuum....Pages 817-831
Gluon Condensation in Quark-Gluon Plasma....Pages 833-842
How Topological Concepts Lead to Quantum Numbers for Baryons....Pages 843-851
Pressure Ensemble and Dense Nuclear Matter with Finite Size Nucleons at Zero Temperature....Pages 853-869
Boundary Conditions and the Structure of the Vacuum....Pages 871-878
Quantum Effects in Strong Gravitational Fields....Pages 879-898
Temperature Corrections to the Casimir Effect....Pages 899-906
The Future of Nuclear Physics....Pages 907-956
Van Der Waals Forces and Zero Point Energy....Pages 957-964
Summary Talk: Theoretical....Pages 965-977
Experimental Summary....Pages 979-997
Back Matter....Pages 999-1015
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