Current Problems in Particle Physics and Cosmology

Proceedings of the Workshop on Current Problems in Particle Physics and Cosmology, Ioannina, Greece, 25-29 June 1990

K. Tamvakis, C. E. Vayonakis, J. D. Vergados

• Publisher: North Holland
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781483229065
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483278049
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

Current Problems in Particle Physics and Cosmology covers the proceedings of the workshop ""Current Problems in Particle Physics and Cosmology"", held in Ioannina, Greece on June 25-29, 1990. The book focuses on the reactions, problems, methodologies, and processes involved in particle physics and cosmology. The selection first offers information on the search for cosmic axions and experimental limits on light scalars/pseudoscalars and experimental tests of the standard model using the recently collected UA2 data. Topics include limits on the production of light scalar and pseudoscalar particles; measurement of SM parameters; transverse momenta distributions of the W and Z bosons; and mass spectroscopy with jets. The text then takes a look at heavy top quark, fermion mixings, and electroweak multi-particle-production at TeV energies. Discussions focus on third and second generation masses and mixing; neutrino sector; threshold energy; total inelastic multiparticle cross sections; and geometrical flavor interactions at very high energies. The publication examines supersymmetry breaking and dynamical determination of superstring parameters; four-dimensional strings and low energy predictions; and gravity from superstrings. The selection is a vital source of data for readers interested in particle physics and cosmology.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Current Problems in Particle Physics and Cosmology
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1. SEARCH FOR COSMIC AXIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL LIMITS ON LIGHT SCALARS/PSEUDOSCALARS
• CHAPTER 2. EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF THE STANDARD MODEL USING THE RECENTLY COLLECTED UA2 DATA
• CHAPTER 3. THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE 0" GLUEBALL
• CHAPTER 4. ON THE NEUTRINO MAGNETIC MOMENT PHENOMENOLOGY
• CHAPTER 5. HEAVY TOP QUARK, FERMION MIXINGS AND ALL THAT
• CHAPTER 6. ELECTROWEAK MULTI-PARTICLE-PRODUCTION AT TeV ENERGIES?
• CHAPTER 7. RARE B DECAYS IN MINIMAL AND NON-MINIMAL SUPERSYMMETRY
• CHAPTER 8. SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING AND DYNAMICAL DETERMINATION OF SUPERSTRING PARAMETERS
• CHAPTER 9. FOUR-DIMENSIONAL STRINGS AND LOW ENERGY PREDICTIONS
• CHAPTER 10. PHENOMENOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE FLIPPED SU (5) x U{1) SUPERSTRING MODEL
• CHAPTER 11. WEYL INVARIANCE BEYOND THE LEADING ORDER IN THE SUPERSYMMETRIC σ- MODEL WITH DILATON
• CHAPTER 12. GRAVITY FROM SUPERSTRINGS
• CHAPTER 13. NATURAL ORIGINS OF SMALL NUMBERS AND FAMILY REPLICATION THROUGH SUPERSYMMETRY AND COMPOSITENESS
• CHAPTER 14. NEXT TO LEADING N CALCULATIONS IN THE GROSS-NEVEU MODEL
• CHAPTER 14. 2-DIM. GRAVITY AND STRING THEORY
• CHAPTER 15. PARISI-SOURLAS MECHANISM AND DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION IN THE BOSONIC STRING
• CHAPTER 16. A QUANTUM MECHANICAL ANALOGUE FOR THE Q-OSCILLATOR
• CHAPTER 17. SOME APPLICATIONS OF KAC MOODY ALGEBRAS DEFINED ON A SUPER MANIFOLD
• LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
• AUTHOR INDEX
• GENERAL INFORMATION