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Symmetry & modern physics : Yang Retirement Symposium : State University of New York, Stony Brook, 21-22 May 1999 /

C.N. Yang, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th Century, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957, jointly with T.D. Lee, for their investigation of the relationship (parity symmetry) between left- and right-handed states, leading to a discovery that astounded the world of physics - the nonconserva...

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Corporate Authors: Symmetries and Reflections State University of New York, Stony Brook; World Scientific Firm
Group Author: Goldhaber, Alfred S
Published: World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. :
Publication Dates: 2003.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Yang, Chen Ning, > 1922
Symmetry Physics > Congresses
Physics > Congresses
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Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/5349#t=toc
Summary: C.N. Yang, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th Century, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957, jointly with T.D. Lee, for their investigation of the relationship (parity symmetry) between left- and right-handed states, leading to a discovery that astounded the world of physics - the nonconservation of parity by elementary particles and their reactions. With R.L. Mills, he created the concept of non-abelian gauge theories, the foundation of the modern description of elementary particles and forces. Professor Yang has worked on a wide range of subjects in physics, but his abiding interest
Item Description: "The symposium "Symmetries and Reflections" was held at Stony Brook on May 21-22, 1999."--P. viii.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xi,291pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9789812795083 (electronic bk.)
CLC: O572.23-532
Contents: A conservative revolutionary / F. Dyson -- Renormalization of gauge theories and master equation / J. Zinn-Justin -- High Tc 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Geometry motivated by physics / S.-T. Yau -- Bethe's Ansatz

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