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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783918903321

Titolo

Proceedings of the Dirac Centennial Symposium [[electronic resource] ] : Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA, 6-7 December 2002 / / edited by, Howard Baer & Alexander Belyaev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2003

ISBN

1-281-90591-7

9786611905910

981-270-399-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DiracP. A. M <1902-1984.> (Paul Adrien Maurice)

BaerHoward <1957->

BelyaevAlexander

Disciplina

530.1/4

Soggetti

Quantum field theory

Quantum theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Howard Baer and Alexander Belyaev; Preface; 1. Introduction Howard Baer; 2. Paul Dirac: Building Bridges of the Mind Laurie M. Brown; 3. From Reminiscences to Outlook Leopold Halpern; 4. My Father Monica Dirac; 5. The Dirac Equation Rank Wilczek; 6. Anomalous Magnetic Moments William J. Marciano; 7. Dirac's Footsteps and Supersymmetry Pierre Ramond; 8. P.A.M. Dirac and the Development of Modern General Relativity Stanley Deser; 9. Building Atomic Nuclei with the Dirac Equation Brian D. Serot; 10. New Focus on Neutrinos Vernon Barger

11. Dirac's Magnetic Monopoles (Again) Roman W. Jackiw12. Monopoles, Duality, and String Theory Joe Polchinski; 13. Time Variation of Fundamental Constants as a Probe of New Physics Paul Langacker; 14. Amending the Standard Model of Particle Physics Maurice Goldhaber

Sommario/riassunto

Paul Adrian Maurice Dirac (1902-84) is one of the icons of modern physics. His work provided the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. He also made key contributions to quantum field theory



and quantum statistical mechanics. He is perhaps best known for formulating the Dirac equation, a relativistic wave equation which described the properties of the electron, and also predicted the existence of anti-matter. He was awarded the Nobel prize in Physics in 1933 along with Erwin Schreodinger for his contributions to quantum theory. The Dirac Centennial Symposium held commemorated the contr