Supersymmetric World, The
Subtitle: the Beginnings of the Theory
Contributors: Shifman, M.
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9789812385505
Subjects: Supersymmetry
Description: The story of the discovery of supersymmetry is a fascinating one, unlike that of any other major development in the history of science. This engaging book presents a view of the process, mainly in the words of people who participated. It combines anecdotal descriptions and personal reminiscences with more technical accounts of the trailblazers, covering the birth of the theory and its first years - the origin of the idea, four-dimensional field theory realization, and supergravity. The eyewitnesses convey to us the drama of one of the deepest discoveries in theoretical physics in the 20th cent.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; FOREWORD; The Predecessors; EARLY SUPERSYMMETRY ON THE PRAIRIE; THIRTY YEARS AGO; STRINGS AND THE ADVENT OF SUPERSYMMETRY: THE VIEW FROM PASADENA a; REMEMBERING THE EARLY TIMES OF SUPERSYMMETRY a; REMINISCENCES 1; Discovery of Supersymmetry in Four Dimensions; NOTES OF AN OLD GRADUATE STUDENTa; MY HUSBAND, MY LOVEa; LAST INTERVIEW WITH D.V. VOLKOVa; NONLINEAR WAY TO SUPERSYMMETRY; FROM SYMMETRY TO SUPERSYMMETRY a; Local Supersymmetry (Supergravity); THE SOURCES OF SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERGRAVITY AND THE QUEST FOR A UNIFIED THEORYa; The Pioneers; A GLIMPSE.; title: RECOLLECTIONS OF A YOUNG CONTRIBUTORON SUPERPARTNERS AND THE ORIGINS OF SUPERSYMMETRIC STANDARD MODEL; SUPERSYMMETRIC HIGGS POTENTIALS; THE SUPERSYMMETRIC EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL; The Historical Perspective; REVEALING THE PATH TO THE SUPERWORLDa; NOTES ON THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERSYMMETRY a.