Zeuthen Library

The history of the universe -- The genesis of galaxies and the birth of giant black holes -- Stellar evolution - from dust cloud to black hole -- Matter, force, and symmetry in nature -- Principles of modern astronomy -- Electromagnetic radiation: kinds and classes -- The elusive neutrino -- Gravitational waves: spacetime vibrations -- Cosmic rays - a shower of energetic particles from the universe -- White dwarfs and the quantum theory -- Neutron stars - the largest atomic nuclei in the universe -- Quark stars and strange matter -- Lighthouses in the universe -- Magnetars - the universe's largest magnets -- Black holes - the crown jewel of Einstein's theory -- The black holes' magic show -- Death and birth - the tale of cosmic explosions -- Mighty bursts from deep space..

QCD -- Perturbation theory is not enough -- Lessons from two dimensions -- The two dimensional Ising model -- Path integrals and statistical mechanics -- Quark fields and Grassmann integration -- Lattice gauge theory -- Monte Carlo simulation -- Renormalization and the continuum limit -- Classical gauge fields and topology -- Zero modes and the Dirac operator -- Chiral symmetry -- The chiral anomaly -- Massive quarks and the theta parameter -- Quark masses in two-flavor QCD -- Lattice fermions -- Actions preserving chiral symmetry -- Quantum fluctuations and topology -- The Standard Model -- Final remarks

The Standard Model -- Review of special relativity -- Quantum mechanics and the propagator -- Scattering processes and Feynman diagrams -- Photons and the electromagnetic field -- Processes with photons -- Cross section and dimensional analysis -- More on the Dirac equation -- Other forces: weak interactions -- The gauge principle -- Tthe gauge principle II -- Gauge symmetry: the matrix generalization -- Gauge symmetry: the matrix generalization II -- Back to particles and the strong nuclear force -- More on quantum chromodynamics (QCD) -- Mesons and baryons -- Spontaneous symmetry breaking -- Superconductivity and weak interactions -- Weak interactions and the story of mass -- CP-violation and matter vs antimatter -- Many big questions remain

Abdus Salam at Imperial College / M.J. Duff -- Life with Salam (1959-1976) / Robert Delbourgo -- The force and gravity of events / Robert Delbourgo -- Advantages of unity with SU(4)-color: reflections through neutrino oscillations, baryogenesis and proton decay / Jogesh C [...]

"This unique volume contains a tribute to Lord Patrick M.S. Blackett through the testimony of Professor Antonino Zichichi, who was one of Blackett's pupils in the experiment at the Sphinx Observatory, Europe's highest lab (3,580 meters a.s.l.), at Jungfraujoch.The book presents an overview of Blackett's most significant discoveries, such as the so called "vacuum polarization" effect, the first example of "virtual physics", and the "strange particles", that opened a new horizon towards the existence of the subnuclear universe [...]