Proceedings of the Julian Schwinger Centennial Conference : 7-12 February 2018, National University of Singapore

The Julian Schwinger Centennial Conference of 2018 assembled many of Schwinger's students, colleagues, and friends to celebrate this towering figure of twentieth century physics one hundred years after his birth. This proceedings volume collects talks delivered on this occasion. They cover a wide range of topics, all related to Schwinger's rich scientific legacy — supplemented by personal recollections about Julian Schwinger, the physicist, the teacher, and the gentleman.Also included are an essay of 1985, co-authored by Schwinger but not published previously, as well as the transcripts of speeches by distinguished colleagues at the 1978 gathering when Schwinger's sixtieth birthday was celebrated. 3. Remarks on the Abraham-Minkowski problem, in relation to recent radiation pressure experiments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dielectric model -- 3. Conductive model -- 4. Statics and dynamics of the circular plate -- 4.1. Statics -- 4.2. Dynamics -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Relationship to the Casimir effect -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4. Manifest non-locality in quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and quantum gravity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quantum Theory and Quantum Spacetime -- 2.1. Modular variables -- 2.2. Modular space and geometry of quantum theory -- 2.3. Born geometry 3. From Modular Spacetime to Quantum Gravity -- 3.1. Intrinsic non-commutativity in metastring theory -- 4. Effective Quantum Fields and Manifest Non-locality -- 4.1. Non-local excitations: Metaparticles -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5. Unruh acceleration radiation revisited -- Ia. Introduction: Dedication -- Ib. Introduction: Overview -- II. Quantum Optics Route to Obtaining Unruh Radiation in Minkowski Coordinates -- IIa. Accelerating atom in a vacuum -- IIb. Excitation of a Static Atom by the Rindler Vacuum III. Acceleration radiation and the equivalence principle using Unruh-Minkowski modes -- IIIa. Accelerating atom -- IIIb. Accelerating mirror -- IV. Acceleration Radiation and the Equivalence Principle -- V. The "Bogoliubov" Path to Unruh Radiation -- VI. Periodicity Trick for Unruh Temperature -- VII. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6. Non-thermal fixed points: Universal dynamics far from equilibrium -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Non-thermal fixed points -- 3. Kinetic theory of non-thermal fixed points -- 3.1. Properties of the scattering integral and the T-matrix 3.2. Scaling analysis of the kinetic equation -- 4. Low-energy effective field theory -- 4.1. Spatio-temporal scaling -- 4.2. Scaling solution -- 4.3. The case of a single-component gas, N = 1 -- 4.4. Relation to predictions of the non-perturbative kinetic theory -- 5. Wave-turbulent transport -- 6. Topological defects vs. the role of fluctuations -- 6.1. Defect dominated fixed points -- 6.2. Fluctuation dominated fixed points -- 7. Prescaling -- 8. Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7. Baryon isospin mass splittings -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Baryon Basis and Interactions -- 3. Baryon Masses. Dedication -- Preface -- The g factor of an electron in hydrogenlike carbon and the precision determination of the electron mass / Jonathan Sapirstein -- The magnetoelectric coupling in electrodynamics / A Martín-Ruiz, M Cambiaso and L F Urrutia -- Remarks on the Abraham-Minkowski problem, in relation to recent radiation pressure experiments / Iver Brevik -- Manifest non-locality in quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and quantum gravity / Laurent Freidel, Robert G Leigh and Djordje Minic -- Unruh acceleration radiation revisited / J S Ben-Benjamin, M O Scully, S A Fulling, D M Lee, D N Page, A A Svidzinsky, M S Zubairy, M J Duff, R Glauber, W P Schleich and W G Unruh -- Non-thermal fixed points : universal dynamics far from equilibrium / Christian-Marcel Schmied, Aleksandr N Mikheev and Thomas Gasenzer -- Baryon Isospin mass splittings / Lai-Him Chan -- Multiquark states in the Thomas-Fermi Quark model and on the lattice / Walter Wilcox and Suman Baral -- Are Dyons the preons of the Knot Model? / Robert J Finkelstein -- The Schwinger-Dewitt proper time algorithm : a history / Steven M Christensen -- From Julian to Jupiter : unanticipated outcomes / Margaret Kivelson -- Julian Schwinger -- Recollections from Many Decades (Stanley Deser -- Schwingerians (Charles Sommerfield -- Drell-Yan mechanism and its implications / Tung-Mow Yan -- My years with Julian Schwinger : from source theory through sonoluminescence / Kimball A Milton -- The statistical atom / Julian Schwinger and Berthold-Georg Englert -- Julian Schwinger and the Semiclassical Atom / Berthold-Georg Englert -- Fond memories of Julian and Clarice, especially involving Moshe Flato and Noriko Sakurai / Daniel Sternheimer -- Speeches by V F Weisskopf, J H Van Vleck, I I Rabi, M Hamermesh, B T Feld, R P Feynman, and D Saxon, Given in Honor of Julian Schwinger at His 60th Birthday / Berthold-Georg Englert and Kimball A Milton "This proceedings volume collects talks delivered at the Julian Schwinger Centennial Conference (7-12 February 2018), which was attended by many of Julian Schwinger's students, colleagues, and friends to celebrate this towering figure of twentieth century physics one hundred years after his birth. The collected articles cover a wide range of topics, all related to Schwinger's rich scientific legacy -- supplemented by personal recollections about Julian Schwinger, the physicist, the teacher, and the gentleman. Also included are an essay of 1985, co-authored by Schwinger but not published previously, as well as the transcripts of speeches by distinguished colleagues at the 1978 gathering when Schwinger's sixtieth birthday was celebrated"-- Provided by publisher