Elementary Particles and the Universe
Essays in Honor of Murray Gell-Mann

This book is a collection of research articles written especially by eminent scientists to celebrate the 60th birthday, in September 1989, of the Nobel Laureate and inventor of 'quarks', Professor Murray Gell-Mann.

John H. Schwarz (Edited by)

9780521017596, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 21 July 2005

224 pages, 40 b/w illus.
24.5 x 17 x 1.4 cm, 0.36 kg

Professor Murray Gell-Mann is one of the most influential and brilliant scientists of the twentieth century. His work on symmetries, including the invention of the 'quark', in the 1950s and early 1960s has provided a foundation for much of modern particle physics and was recognised by the award of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1969. This book is a collection of research articles especially written by eminent scientists to celebrate Gell-Mann's 60th birthday, in September 1989. The main body of contributions are concerned with theoretical particle physics and its applications to cosmology.

1. Excess baggage J. Hartle
2. Through the clouds E. Witten
3. Covariant foundations of the superparticle L. Brink
4. Chiral symmetry and confinement T. Goldman
5. The original fifth interaction Y. Neeman
6. The mass hierarchy of leptons and quarks H. Fritzsch
7. Spacetime duality in string theory J. H. Schwarz
8. Symmetry and quasi-symmetry Y. Nambu
9. On an exceptional non-associative superspace M. Gunaydin
10. Algebra of reparametrization-invariant and normal ordered operators in open string field theory P. Ramond
11. Superconductivity of an ideal charged boson system T. D. Lee
12. Some remarks on the symmetry approach to nuclear rotational motion L. C. Biedebharn and P. Truini
13. Uncomputability, intractability and the efficiency of heat engines S. Lloyd
14. The new mathematical physics I. Singer
15. For the birds V. Telegdi
16. Gell-Mann's approach to physics A. Salam
17. Remarks M. Goldberger.

Subject Areas: Particle & high-energy physics [PHP], Cosmology & the universe [PGK]