A quest for symmetry : selected works of Bunji Sakita /

This important book contains selected research papers of Prof Bunji Sakita. Included are his pioneering papers on SU(6) symmetry, strong coupling theory, string theory, supersymmetry and the method of collective coordinates. There is also a vivid personal account of his journey in physics. The book...

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Main Authors: Sakita, B. (Author)
Corporate Authors: World Scientific (Firm)
Group Author: Kikkawa, K. (Keiji), 1935-; Virasoro, Miguel Angel.; Wadia, S. R. (Spenta R.)
Published: World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. :
Publication Dates: 1999.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: World Scientific series in 20th century physics ; v. 22
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Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/3942#t=toc
Summary: This important book contains selected research papers of Prof Bunji Sakita. Included are his pioneering papers on SU(6) symmetry, strong coupling theory, string theory, supersymmetry and the method of collective coordinates. There is also a vivid personal account of his journey in physics. The book brings to light some of the key concepts of modern high energy physics.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxvi,344pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9789812795700
CLC: O572.23-53
Contents: 1. On the decay interaction of strange particles / B. Sakita and S. Oneda -- 2. Application of dispersion relations to the photodisintegration of the deutron / B. Sakita and C. Geoebel -- 3. Low-energy limit of the photodisintegration of the deutron / B. Sakita -- 4. Discussion of a suggested bound on coupling constants / C. J. Goebel and B. Sakita -- 5. Supermultiplets of elementary particles / B. Sakita -- 6. Electromagnetic properties of baryons in the supermultiplet scheme of elementary particles / B. Sakita -- 7. Group of invariance of a relativistic supermultiplet theory / L. Michel and B. Sakita -- 8. Relativistic formulation of the SU(6) symmetry scheme / B. Sakita and K. C. Wali -- 9. Lie group of the strong-coupling theory / T. Cook, C. J. Goebel and B. Sakita -- 10. Strong coupling of the multi-partial-wave meson isotnplet / B. Sakita -- 11. Extension of the veneziano form to N-particle amplitudes / C. J. Goebel and B. Sakita -- 12. Field theory of currents / B. Sakita -- 13. Feynman-like diagrams compatible with duality. I. Planar diagrams / K. Kikkawa, B. Sakita and M. A. Virasoro -- 14. Feynman-like diagrams compatible with duality. II. General discussion including nonplanar diagrams / K. Kikkawa, S. A. Klein, B. Sakita and M. A. Virasoro -- 15. Dynamical model of dual amplitudes / B. Sakita and M. A. Virasoro -- 16. Formulation of dual theory in terms of functional integrations / C. S. Hsue, B. Sakita and M. A. Virasoro -- 17. Functional-integral approach to dual-resonance theory / J.-L. Gervais and B. Sakita -- 18. Generalization of dual models / J.-L. Gervais and B. Sakita -- 19. Field theoretical interpretation of supergauge in dual models / J.-L. Gervais and B. Sakita -- 20. Ghost-free string picture of Veneziano model / J.-L. Gervais and B. Sakita.
21. Functional approach to strong-coupling theory in static models. I. Charge-scalar models / G. C. Branco, B. Sakita and P. Senjanovic -- 22. Quantized relativistic strings as a strong coupling limit of the Higgs model / J.-L. Gervais and B. Sakita -- 23. extended particles in quantum field theories / J.-L. Gervais and B. Sakita -- 24. Perturbation expansion around extended-particle states in quantum field theory / J.-L. Gervais, A. Jevicki and B. Sakita -- 25. Collective Coordinate Method for Quantization of Extended Systems / J.-L. Gervais, A. Jevicki and B. Sakita -- 26. The surface terms in gauge theories / J.-L. Gervais, B. Sakita and S. Wadia -- 27. WKB wave function for systems with many degrees of freedom: a unified view of solitons and pseudoparticles / J.-L. Gervais and B. Sakita -- 28. Gauge degrees of freedom, external charges, quark confinement criterion in AQ = 0 canonical formalism / J.-L. Gervais and B. Sakita -- 29. Wave functions and energy for the vacuum and heavy quarks from WKB Schrodinger equation for massive gauge theories with instantons / J.-L. Gervais, B. Sakita and H. J. de Vega -- 30. Field theory of strings as a collective field theory of U(N) gauge field / B. Sakita -- 31. The quantum collective field method and its application to the planar limit / A. Jevicki and B. Sakita -- 32. SO(2N) grand unification in an SU(N) basis / R. N. Mohapatra and B. Sakita -- 33. Derivation of quenched momentum prescription by means of stochastic quantization / J. Alfaro and B. Sakita -- 34. Large-N baryonic soliton and quarks / J.-L. Gervais and B. Sakita -- 35. Chiral symmetry and chiral anomaly in incommensurate charge-density- wave system / Zhao-Bin Su and B. Sakita -- 36. Local chiral symmetry and charge-density waves in one-dimensional conductors / B. Sakita and K. Shizuya -- 37. Fermions in the lowest Landau level: bosonization, [symbol] Algebra, Droplets, Chiral Bosons / S. Iso, D. Karabali and B. Sakita -- 38. [Symbol] gauge transformations and the electromagnetic interactions of electrons in the lowest Landau level / B. Sakita -- 39. collective variables of fermions and bosonization / B. Sakita.