C N Yang, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th Century, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957, jointly with T D Lee, for their investigation of the relationship (parity symmetry) between left- and right-handed states, leading to a discovery that astounded the world of physics — the nonconservation of parity by elementary particles and their reactions. With R L Mills, he created the concept of non-abelian gauge theories, the foundation of the modern description of elementary particles and forces. Professor Yang has worked on a wide range of subjects in physics, but his abiding interests have been symmetry principles, particle physics, and statistical mechanics.In 1999, a symposium was held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook to mark the retirement of C N Yang as Einstein Professor and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, and to celebrate his many achievements. A noteworthy selection of the papers presented at the symposium appears in this invaluable volume in honor of Professor Yang.

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Publisher

World Scientific

Year

2003

ISBN

9789812795083

Topic

Physical Sciences

Subtopic

Physics

Index

Physics

CONTENTS
Foreword
A Conservative Revolutionary
Renormalization of Gauge Theories and Master Equation
High Tc Superconductivity: Symmetries and Reflections
When Atoms Behave as Waves: Bose-Einstein Condensation and the Atom Laser
A Theory of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Reconsideration of a Question Posed by Frank Yang at the 1973 Bonn Conference
Direct T-Violation Measurements and T-Odd Effects in Decay Experiments
Geometry Motivated by Physics
Bethe's Ansatz: Now & Then
The Microscopic World Unveiled by Electron Waves
Possibilities for Spin Physics at High Energy
Research and Development Towards X-ray Free Electron Lasers
Remarks on Yang-Mills Theory
The 0-T Puzzle Revisited
Remarks for ITP Presentation C. N. Yang Symposium
Program
Participants
Scientific and Related Works of Chen Ning Yang