Ebook: Symposia on Theoretical Physics 4: Lectures presented at the 1965 Third Anniversary Symposium of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences Madras, India
- Tags: Theoretical Mathematical and Computational Physics
- Year: 1995
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The Third Anniversary Symposium, held in January 1965, was devoted mainly to various topics in elementary particle physics, with a few lectures on many-body problems and a short supple mentary program in mathematics. * In the Introductory Address Professor V. Weisskopf, Director General of CERN, Geneva, presented a broad survey of the then current scene in elementary particle physics, the most dominant trend in which is the concept of symmetry. He traced the use of the concept of rotational invariance and symmetry under permutation of identical objects in the realm of atomic spectra and how, with the inclusion of isotopic spin, such use was extended to the study of properties of nuclei. Professor Weisskopf also described how, in ad dition, elementary particles are characterized by a new quantum number, the hypercharge, which, with isotopic spin, is part of a wider symmetry SU(3). He mentioned three classes of experiments at CERN, one in search of quarks, one to investigate the existence of vector bosons suggested by theories as possible mediators of weak interaction, and one to test the existence of cosmic forces to explain C P or T violation. The quotations from Newton's Opticks at the beginning and the end of the lecture were strikingly relevant. Two lectures dealt with the application of SU(3) symmetry to weak and strong interactions, respectively. Ph. Meyer of the Uni versity of Paris, Orsay summarized his work on the conserved vector current hypothesis in relation to broken symmetries.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introductory Address....Pages 1-11
Conserved Vector Currents and Broken Symmetries....Pages 13-21
Multiplet Structure and Mass Sum Rules in SU(6) Symmetry Scheme....Pages 23-33
A New Approach to Scattering Theory....Pages 35-42
Equivalent Potential Approach for Strong Interactions....Pages 43-49
“Repulsive” Potential Approach to Pion Resonances....Pages 51-58
A Model of a Unitary S-Matrix for Peripheral Interactions....Pages 59-67
The Renormalizability of Higher Spin Theories....Pages 69-89
Group Representations for Complex Angular Momentum....Pages 91-101
Muon Capture by Complex Nuclei....Pages 103-111
Comments on Sum Rules....Pages 113-120
Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Dynamics in Solids and Liquids....Pages 121-130
Axioms and Models....Pages 131-136
Characters of Semi-Simple Lie Groups....Pages 137-142
Sequent Correlations in Evolutionary Stochastic Point Processes....Pages 143-155
Back Matter....Pages 157-161
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introductory Address....Pages 1-11
Conserved Vector Currents and Broken Symmetries....Pages 13-21
Multiplet Structure and Mass Sum Rules in SU(6) Symmetry Scheme....Pages 23-33
A New Approach to Scattering Theory....Pages 35-42
Equivalent Potential Approach for Strong Interactions....Pages 43-49
“Repulsive” Potential Approach to Pion Resonances....Pages 51-58
A Model of a Unitary S-Matrix for Peripheral Interactions....Pages 59-67
The Renormalizability of Higher Spin Theories....Pages 69-89
Group Representations for Complex Angular Momentum....Pages 91-101
Muon Capture by Complex Nuclei....Pages 103-111
Comments on Sum Rules....Pages 113-120
Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Dynamics in Solids and Liquids....Pages 121-130
Axioms and Models....Pages 131-136
Characters of Semi-Simple Lie Groups....Pages 137-142
Sequent Correlations in Evolutionary Stochastic Point Processes....Pages 143-155
Back Matter....Pages 157-161
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