Time & matter: Venice, Italy, 11-17 August 2002 : proceedings of the International Colloquium on the Science of Time
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Corporate Author: International Colloquium on the Science of Time <2002, Venice, Italy> (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Hackensack, N.J. World Scientific c2006
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Prologue -- section I. Measuring time. The measurement of time with atomic clocks / E. Peik. Measuring the frequency of light / T.W. Hänsch. Time and space variation of fundamental constants: motivation and laboratory search / S.G. Karshenboim -- section II. Causality & signal propagation. Causality and superluminal light / G.M. Shore. Quantum fluctuations and signal velocity in superluminal light pulse propagation / L.J. Wang. Time and matter in the interaction between gravity and quantum fluids: are there macroscopic quantum transducers between gravitational and electromagnetic waves? / R.Y. Chiao & W.J. Fitelson -- section III. Coherence & decoherence. Decoherence unlimited: from zeno to classical motion / E. Joos. Coherence and the clock / L. Stodolsky. Decoherence, chaos and the second law / W.H. Zurek -- Contributed papers. What could we have been missing while Pauli's theorem was in force? / E.A. Galapon. Simultaneity and the concept of 'particle' / C.E. Dolby -- section IV. CP & T violation. CP and T violation in the Kaon system / E. Blucher. Time-reversal non-invariance / D. Zavrtanik. 'Per Aspera ad Astra' -- a short essay on the long quest for CP violation / I.I. Bigi -- section V. Macroscopic time reversal and the arrow of time. The thermodynamic arrow: puzzles & pseudo-puzzles / H. Price. Arrow of time from timeless quantum gravity / C. Kiefer. The evolution of the universe / J. Garcia-Bellido. Did time and its arrow have a beginning? / G. Veneziano. The wormhole hazard / S. Krasnikov. Elementary particles as black holes / G. 't Hooft -- Contributed paper. Counter-example where cosmic time keeps its original role in quantum cosmology / E.I. Guendelman & A.B. Kaganovich -- section VI. New paradigms. String theory, space and time / C.M. Hull. Quantized space and time / P. Schupp -- List of participants
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