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
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 an
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 term