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

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 provided the foundation for much of modern particle physics. His contribution to the field earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1969. This book is a collection of research articles by eminent scientists written especially to celebrate Gell-Mann's 60th birthday, in September 1989. The main body of contributions is concerned with theoretical particle physics and its applications to cosmology, and includes papers by such notables as J. Hartle, E. Witten, H. Fritzsch, T.D. Lee, I.M. Singer, V. Telegdi, and some personal remarks by A. Salam and M.L. Goldberger. Cover......Page 1 Intro Blurb......Page 2 Half Title......Page 4 PHOTO: Murray Gell-Mann......Page 5 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Preface JOHN H. SCHWARZ ix......Page 10 1 QUANTUM COSMOLOGY......Page 12 2 QUANTUM MECHANICS......Page 13 3 FROM BOHR, TO EVERETT, TO POST-EVERETT......Page 16 4 ARROWS OF TIME......Page 18 5 QUANTUM SPACETIME......Page 19 6.1 "Initial" conditions......Page 21 6.3 The laws of physics......Page 22 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 24 9 REFERENCES......Page 25 Through the Clouds EDWARD WITTEN 17......Page 28 Covariant Formulations of the Superparticle and the Superstring LARS BRINK 23......Page 34 1 Introduction......Page 35 2 The Minimal Covariant Action......Page 37 3 Covariantized Light-Cone Approach......Page 39 4 Harmonic Superspace......Page 40 5 Actions with only first-class constraints......Page 42 6 Twistors......Page 44 7 Conclusions......Page 47 References:......Page 48 Chiral Symmetry and Confinement T. GOLDMAN 41......Page 52 REFERENCES......Page 56 The Original Fifth Interaction YUVAL NE'EMAN 47......Page 58 QUANTUM FIELD THEORY, STRONG INTERACTIONS AND SU(3) IN 1964......Page 59 THE FIFTH INTERACTION (1964)......Page 62 GENERATIONS, QCD AND THE FIFTH......Page 63 QCD.......Page 64 SERIALITY CONSERVATION AND DYNAMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIFTH......Page 66 REFERENCES......Page 69 The Mass Hierarchy of Leptons and Quarks as a New Symmetry HARALD FRITZSCH 61......Page 72 Acknowledgement......Page 79 Abstract......Page 80 Introduction......Page 81 Toroidal Compactification......Page 83 Effective Field Theories......Page 92 Conclusion......Page 96 REFERENCES......Page 97 Supersymmetry and Quasi-Supersymmetry Y. NAMBU 89......Page 100 REFERENCES......Page 109 Abstract......Page 110 2 Space-time Supergroups and Jordan Super-algebras......Page 111 3 The Construction of Lie (Super)Algebras from Jordan (Super) Algebras......Page 114 4 The Exceptional Jordan Superalgebra JF(6/4) and its Symmetry Supergroups......Page 117 5 The Quadratic Jordan Formulation of Quantum Mechanics and The Exceptional Jordan Superalgebra......Page 122 6 On the Exceptionality of JF(6/4) as the Basis of a Superspac......Page 127 References......Page 129 ABSTRACT......Page 132 Operators in the Open String Field Theory......Page 134 REFERENCES......Page 144 ABSTRACT......Page 146 1. SCHAFROTH'S SOLUTION......Page 147 1.1. Normal Phase in the Schafroth Solution......Page 148 1.2. Critical Field in the Schafroth Solution......Page 152 2. ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY......Page 153 3. CORRECTED SOLUTION......Page 159 3.1. Low Density Case......Page 160 A. Normal phase......Page 163 B. Super Phase......Page 164 REFERENCES......Page 167 ABSTRACT......Page 168 2. The Gell-Mann Approach......Page 169 3. Some Irreps of SX(3, IR)......Page 173 4. Other ways to introduce SX(3, IR)......Page 176 5. A microscopic basis for the vortex spin of SL(3, IR)......Page 177 6. Generalizations of this symmetry approach......Page 180 7. Concluding remarks......Page 184 References......Page 185 Abstract......Page 186 Physics of information processing......Page 187 A heat and information engine......Page 188 Godel's theorem and Berry's paradox......Page 191 Logical limits on the efficiency of heat engines......Page 192 Discussion......Page 194 References......Page 195 The New Mathematical Physics I. M. SINGER 185......Page 198 "Is Quantum Mechanics for the Birds?" V. L. TELEGDI 193......Page 204 References......Page 215 The Gell-Mann Age of Particle Physics ABDUS SALAM 207......Page 218 Remarks on the occasion of Murray Gell-Mann's more or less 60th Birthday M. GOLDBERGER 211......Page 222

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.

This book is a collection of research articles especially written by eminent scientists to celebrate the 60th birthday, in September 1989, of the Nobel Laureate and inventor of 'quarks', Professor Murray Gell-Mann. The main body of contributions are concerned with theoretical particle physics and its applications to cosmology. Edited By John H. Schwarz. A Two-day Symposium In Celebration Of Murray Gell-mann's 60th Birthday Was Held At The California Institute Of Technology On January 27-28, 1989--pref. Includes Bibliographical References. It is an honor, of course, but also a pleasure for me to join in this celebration of Murray Gell-Mann's sixtieth birthday and to address such a distinguished audience.