Proceedings of the Dirac Centennial Symposium :: Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA, 6-7 December 2002 /

Paul Adrian Maurice Dirac (1902-84) is one of the icons of modern physics. His work provided the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. He also made key contributions to quantum field theory and quantum statistical mechanics. He is perhaps best known for formulating the Dirac equation, a rel...

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Körperschaft: Dirac Centennial Symposium Florida State University
Weitere Verfasser: Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984, Baer, Howard, 1957-, Belyaev, Alexander
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2003.
Schriftenreihe:International journal of modern physics. Particles and fields, gravitation, cosmology ; v. 19, Suppl. 1.
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Zusammenfassung:Paul Adrian Maurice Dirac (1902-84) is one of the icons of modern physics. His work provided the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. He also made key contributions to quantum field theory and quantum statistical mechanics. He is perhaps best known for formulating the Dirac equation, a relativistic wave equation which described the properties of the electron, and also predicted the existence of anti-matter. The Dirac Centennial Symposium commemorated the contributions of Dirac to all areas of physics, and assessed their impact on frontier research. This book constitutes the proceedings of the symposium, containing articles by Leopold Halpern, Pierre Ramond, Frank Wilczek, Maurice Goldhaber, Jonathan Bagger, Joe Lykken, Roman Jackiw, Stanley Deser, Joe Polchinski, Andre Linde and others. A special contribution from Dirac's daughter Monica Dirac presents a portrait of Paul Dirac as father and family man.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 180 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9812703993
9789812703996
9789812384126
981238412X
1281905917
9781281905918
ISSN:0217-751X ;