Theory And Experiment Heading For New Physics Procs Of The Int L Sch Of Subnuclear Physics

The third conference on ?Symmetry and Perturbation Theory? (SPT2001) was attended by over 50 mathematicians, physicists and chemists. The proceedings present the advancement of research in this field ? more precisely, in the different fields at whose crossroads symmetry and perturbation theory sit.

In August/September 2000, a group of 80 physicists from 53 laboratories in 15 countries met in Erice, Italy, to participate in the 38th Course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics. This book constitutes the proceedings of that meeting. It focuses on the theoretical investigation of several basic unity issues, including: (1) the understanding of gauge theories in both their continuum and lattice versions; (2) the possible existence and relevance of large extra dimensions together with the resultant lowering of the Planck/string scale to the TeV range; (3) the origin and structure of flavour mixing in the quark and lepton (neutrino) sectors.

In August/September 2001, a group of 75 physicists from 51 laboratories in 15 countries met in Erice, Italy to participate in the 39th Course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics. This volume constitutes the proceedings of that meeting. It focuses on the theoretical and phenomenological developments in string theory, as well as in all the other sectors of subnuclear physics. In addition, experimental highlights are presented and discussed.

' In August/September 2002, a group of 78 physicists from 50 laboratories in 17 countries met in Erice, Italy, to participate in the 40th Course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics. The purpose of the School was to focus attention on the theoretical and phenomenological developments in gauge theories, as well as in all the other sectors of subnuclear physics. Experimental highights from the most relevant sources of new data were presented and discussed, including the latest news on theoretical developments in quantizing the gravitational forces. This volume constitutes the proceedings of the School. It is dedicated to the memory of Victor Frederick Weisskopf, a founder — together with John Stewart Bell, Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett and Isidor Isaac Rabi — of the “Ettore Majorana” Centre for Scientific Culture, this School being the first of its 114 Schools now in existence. Contents:Mini-Courses on Basics:Physics of QCD Instantons (E V Shuryak)Confinement and Duality (M J Strassler)Status of Super String Theory (E Verlinde)Perturbative Quantum Gravity (G 't Hooft)Experimental Highlights:Highlights from Gran Sasso Laboratory (A Bettini)Experimental Highlights from Super-Kamiokande (Y Totsuka)The Fermilab Experimental Physics Program (R Tschirhardt)Special Sessions for New Talents:Application of the Large-Nc Limit to a Chiral Lagrangian with Resonances (O Catà)Towards the Finite Temperature Gluon Propagator in Landau Gauge Yang–Mills Theory (A Maas)Hermes Measurements of the Nucleon Spin Structure (J Wendland)and other papers Readership: High energy, experimental and theoretical physicists. Keywords:Quark;Gluon;Quantum Gravity;Gauge Theory;Subnuclear PhysicsReviews:“… the result is satisfactorily enough a quite interesting collection of articles. Matthew Strassler's paper on confinement and duality is a jewel … he chooses judiciously his topics and explains simply, but in detail, the physics involved.”Contemporary Physics '

From August 29 to September 7, 2006, a large group of distinguished lecturers and young physicists coming from various countries around the world met in Erice, Italy, at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (EMFCSC) for the 44th course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics: OC The Logic of Nature, Complexity and New Physics: From Quark-Gluon Plasma to Superstrings, Quantum Gravity and BeyondOCO.This book is a collection of lectures given during the course, covering the most recent advances in theoretical physics and the latest results from current experimental facilities. Following one of the aims of the School, which is to encourage and promote young physicists to achieve recognition at an international level, the students who have distinguished themselves for their excellence in research have been given the opportunity to publish their presentations in this volume.

This volume is a collection of lectures given during the 42nd Course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics. The contributions cover the most recent advances in theoretical physics and the latest results from current experimental facilities.In line with one of the aims of the school, which is to encourage and promote young physicists to achieve recognition at an international level, the students' recognized for their research excellence were given the opportunity to publish their work in this volume. Their contributions are joined by those from many distinguished lecturers in the field from around the world.