Towards ultimate understanding of the universe : first LeCosPA Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 6-9February 2012 / / editor, Pisin Chen

• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Disciplina: 523
• Soggetto topico: Astrophysics; Cosmology
• Altri autori: ChenPisin <1950->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface P. Chen; LeCosPA's FOURTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ADDRESSES; P. Chen; S.-C. Lee; J. Dorfan; G. Madejski; H. Aihara; R. Ruffini; A. Karle; P. Gorham; G.-S. Chang; I. OVERVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS; Current and Future Research Programs at Stanford's Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology G. Madejski; 1. KIPAC and Its Research Programs; 2. Selected Results from Studies of Astrophysical Jets with the Fermi Large Area Telescope; 2.1. Fermi and Jets in Active Galaxies; 3. Summary; Acknowledgments; References ; Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics at Kavli IPMU H. Aihara1. Subaru Measurement of Images and Redshifts; 2. XMASS; 3. Conclusion; References; Tsinghua Center for Astrophysics and the Dark Universe C. Tao; 1. At the Beginning; 2. High Energy Astrophysics in THCA; 2.1. HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope); 2.2. The gamma-ray burst polarization experiment (POLAR); 2.3. The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM); 2.4. THCA developments of innovative techniques; 2.5. THCA analysis of X-ray data; 3. Optical Astrophysics in THCA; 3.1. 40-cm telescope; 3.2. 80-cm telescope; 3.3. Spectrographs ; 3.4. AST3 and KDUST in Dome A4. Supernova Research in THCA; 5. Studies on Gravitational Lensing in THCA; 6. Dark Matter Searches in THCA; 7. Reanalysis of WMAP Data; 8. Gravitational Waves in THCA; 9. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Appendix A. THCA Members and Research Interests; References; II. GRAVITY AND SPACETIME; Space, Time, Matter: 1918-2012 G. Veneziano; 1. Hermann Weyl and Wolfgang Pauli Facing Three Revolutions; 2. What Has Happened Since?; 2.1. The long road to the Standard Model of Nature; 2.2. Two questions, two (personal) answers ; 3. Successes of the Standard Model of Nature (SMN)3.1. The Standard Model of Elementary Particles (SMEP); 3.2. The Standard Model of Gravity and Cosmology (SMGC); 4. Phenomenological Puzzles; 4.1. Particle physics; 4.2. Gravitation and Cosmology; 5. Conceptual/Theoretical Problems; 6. Quantum String Theory and Its Miracles; 7. Conclusions; General Relativity without Paradigm of Space-Time Covariance: Sensible Quantum Gravity and Resolution of the "Problem of Time" C. Soo and H.-L. Yu; 1. Introduction and Overview; 2. Theory of Gravity without Full Space-Time Covariance ; 2.1. General framework, and quantum theory2.2. Emergence of classical spacetime; 2.3. Paradigm shift and resolution of \problem of time""; 2.4. Improvements to the quantum theory; 3. Further Discussions; References; Quantum Corrections to Entropic Gravity P. Chen and C.-H. Wang; 1. Introduction; 2. Entropic Gravity; 2.1. Entropy variation law; 2.1.1. Verlinde's approach; 2.1.2. Fursaev's approach; 2.1.3. Our approach; 2.1.4. Temperature; 3. Generalized Uncertainty Principle; 4. Quantum Effects in Entropic Gravity; 5. Conclusion and Discussions; Acknowledgements; References ; Black Holes and the Generalized Uncertainty Principle B. J. Carr
• Sommario/riassunto: The past two decades have observed dramatic advancement in our understanding of the universe. Such progress in turn has triggered further questions yet to be answered. Aspired by such prospects, several institutions dedicated to the research of cosmology have been established in the last decade, which include the Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (LeCosPA) at the National Taiwan University. To celebrate its 4th anniversary the First LeCosPA Symposium was held in February 2012 at NTU. Internationally renowned physicists and authorities in cosmology, particle astrophysics, gravity and general relativity, and high energy physics convened to survey our present understanding of the universe and to explore the future prospects from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. Topics covered include the detection and the nature of dark matter and dark energy, the fundamental understanding of space, time, mass and gravity itself, cosmological constant and vacuum energy, etc. This book should be valuable to researchers and students in the field of cosmology and particle astrophysics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Towards ultimate understanding of the universe
• ISBN: 1-299-28120-6; 981-4449-37-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826015703321
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