Memorial volume for Y. Nambu
By: editors: Lars Brink, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, Lay Nam Chang, Virginia Tech, USA, Moo-Young Han, Duke University, USA, Kok Khoo Phua, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Contributors: Nambu, Yoichiro, 1921-2015, honouree
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Singapore; Hackensack, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9789813108318; 9789813108325
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Physics; Particles (Nuclear physics); Field theory (Physics)
Other titles: Memorial volume for Yoichiro Nambu
Description: "We have lost one of the giants of the twentieth century physics when Yoichiro Nambu passed away in July, 2015, at the age of 94. Today's Standard Model, though still incomplete in many respects, is the culmination of the most successful theory of the Universe to date, and it is built upon foundations provided by discoveries made by Nambu in the 1960s: the mechanism of spontaneously broken symmetry in Nature (with G Jona-Lasinio) and the hidden new SU(3) symmetry of quarks and gluons (with M-Y Han). In this volume honoring Nambu's memory, World Scientific Publishing presents a unique collection of papers written by his former colleagues, collaborating researchers and former students and associates, not only citing Nambu's great contributions in physics but also many personal and private reminiscences, some never told before. This book is a volume for all who benefited not only from Nambu's contributions toward understanding the Universe but also his warm and kind persona. It is a great addition to the history of contemporary physics"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Effective field theory, past and future / by Steven Weinberg (University of Texas at Austin); title: Yoichiro Nambu and the origin of mass / by Tom Kibble (Imperial College London); title: Yoichiro Nambu: visionary theorist who shaped modern particle physics / by Michael Turner (University of Chicago); title: Yoichiro Nambu / by Peter G.O. Freund, Jeffrey Harvey, Emil Martinec (U of Chicago), Pierre Ramond (U of Florida); title: Yoichiro Nambu / by Jorge Willemsen (University of Miami RSMAS); title: Yoichiro Nambu / by Louis Clavelli (Tufts University and U of Alabama); title: Yoichiro Nambu: remembering an unusual physicist, a mentor and a friend / by Giovanni Jona-Lasinio (Università di Roma La Sapienza); title: Nambu-Goldstone theorem and spin-statistics theorem / by Kazuo Fujikawa (RIKEN, Japan); title: Pre-string theory / by Paul Frampton (University of North Carolina); title: Some reminiscences from a long friendship / by Lars Brink (Chalmers University of Technology); title: Yoichiro Nambu: visionary gentleman scientist / by Lay Nam Chang (Virginia Tech); title: The roots of QCD, Nambu's drama and humor / by Moo-Young Han (Duke University); title: Holger Bech Nielsen (University of Copenhagen); title: Peter Freund (University of Chicago); title: Pierre Ramond (University of Florida); title: Appendix: Reminiscences of the youthful years of particle physics / by Y. Nambu.