Ettore Majorana Notes On Theoretical Physics

Author : Salvatore Esposito,Ettore Majorana Jr.,Alwyn van der Merwe,E. Recami
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 505 pages
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Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401701075

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Ettore Majorana: Notes on Theoretical Physics by Salvatore Esposito,Ettore Majorana Jr.,Alwyn van der Merwe,E. Recami Pdf

HISTORICAL PRELUDE Ettore Majorana's fame solidly rests on testimonies like the following, from the evocative pen of Giuseppe Cocconi. At the request of Edoardo Amaldi, he wrote from CERN (July 18, 1965): "In January 1938, after having just graduated, I was invited, essen tially by you, to come to the Institute of Physics at the University in Rome for six months as a teaching assistant, and once I was there I would have the good fortune of joining Fermi, Bernardini (who had been given a chair at Camerino a few months earlier) and Ageno (he, too, a new graduate), in the research of the products of disintegration of /-L "mesons" (at that time called mesotrons or yukons), which are produced by cosmic rays [ . . . ] "It was actually while I was staying with Fermi in the small laboratory on the second floor, absorbed in our work, with Fermi working with a piece of Wilson's chamber (which would help to reveal mesons at the end of their range) on a lathe and me constructing a jalopy for the illumination of the chamber, using the flash produced by the explosion of an aluminum ribbon short circuited on a battery, that Ettore Majorana came in search of Fermi. I was introduced to him and we exchanged few words. A dark face. And that was it.

Author : Salvatore Esposito,E. Recami,Alwyn van der Merwe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 496 pages
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Release : 2008-10-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402091131

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Ettore Majorana: Unpublished Research Notes on Theoretical Physics by Salvatore Esposito,E. Recami,Alwyn van der Merwe Pdf

Without listing his works, all of which are highly notable both for the originality of the methods utilized as well as for the importance of the results achieved, we limit ourselves to the following: Inmodernnucleartheories, thecontributionmadebythisresearcher to the introduction of the forces called ‘Majorana forces’ is universally recognized as the one, among the most fundamental, that permits us to theoretically comprehend the reasons for nuclear stability. The work of Majorana today serves as a basis for the most important research in this ?eld. In atomic physics, the merit of having resolved some of the most - tricate questions on the structure of spectra through simple and elegant considerations of symmetry is due to Majorana. Lastly, he devised a brilliant method that permits us to treat the positive and negative electron in a symmetrical way, ?nally elimin- ing the necessity to rely on the extremely arti?cial and unsatisfactory hypothesis of an in?nitely large electrical charge di?used in space, a question that had been tackled in vain by many other scholars [4].

Author : Salvatore Esposito
Publisher : Springer
Page : 191 pages
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Release : 2017-03-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319543192

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Ettore Majorana by Salvatore Esposito Pdf

This biography sheds new light on the life and work of physicist Ettore Majorana (including unpublished contributions), as well as on his mysterious disappearance in March 1938. Majorana is held by many, including Nobel Laureate, Enrico Fermi, to have been a genius of the rank of Galilei and Newton. In this intriguing story, the author, himself a leading expert on the work of Majorana, supplements the existing literature with new insights, anecdotes and personal accounts of contemporaries of Majorana.

Author : Salvatore Esposito
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Physics
ISBN : 110761984X

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The Physics of Ettore Majorana by Salvatore Esposito Pdf

Through just a handful of papers, Ettore Majorana left an indelible mark in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science and even economics before his mysterious disappearance in 1938. It is only now that the importance of Majorana's work is being realised: Majorana fermions are intensely studied today, and his work on neutrino physics has provided possible explanations for the existence of dark matter. In this unique volume, Salvatore Esposito explores not only Majorana's known papers but, even more interestingly, unveils his unpublished works as well. These include powerful methods and results, ranging from the atomic two-centre problem, the Thomas-Fermi model and ferromagnetism to quasi-stationary states, n-component relativistic wave equations and quantum scalar electrodynamics. Featuring biographical notes and contributions from leading experts Evgeny Akhmedov and Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek, this fascinating book will captivate graduate students and researchers interested in frontier science as well as in the history of science.

Author : Salvatore Esposito
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781107044029

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The Physics of Ettore Majorana by Salvatore Esposito Pdf

A unique volume exploring Majorana's work, for graduate students and researchers interested in the history of science.

Author : Salvatore Esposito
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781316194751

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The Physics of Ettore Majorana by Salvatore Esposito Pdf

Through just a handful of papers, Ettore Majorana left an indelible mark in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science and even economics before his mysterious disappearance in 1938. It is only now that the importance of Majorana's work is being realised: Majorana fermions are intensely studied today, and his work on neutrino physics has provided possible explanations for the existence of dark matter. In this unique volume, Salvatore Esposito explores not only Majorana's known papers but, even more interestingly, unveils his unpublished works as well. These include powerful methods and results, ranging from the atomic two-centre problem, the Thomas–Fermi model and ferromagnetism to quasi-stationary states, n-component relativistic wave equations and quantum scalar electrodynamics. Featuring biographical notes and contributions from leading experts Evgeny Akhmedov and Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek, this fascinating book will captivate graduate students and researchers interested in frontier science as well as in the history of science.

Author : Giuseppe-Franco Bassani,Società Italiana di Fisica
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 311 pages
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Release : 2007-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540480952

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Ettore Majorana by Giuseppe-Franco Bassani,Società Italiana di Fisica Pdf

A century after his birth, Ettore Majorana is rightfully considered one of the greatest physicists of the first half of the last century. With this volume the Italian Physical Society presents a collection of Ettore Majorana's scientific papers in the original language and, for the first time -- with three exceptions -- translated into English. Each paper is then followed by a comment in English of an expert in the scientific field.

Author : Luisa Cifarelli
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030235093

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Scientific Papers of Ettore Majorana by Luisa Cifarelli Pdf

This book presents in full the work of the Italian theoretical physicist Ettore Majorana and explains its impacts, which are still being felt. It opens with a contribution by A. Zichichi that considers in depth the scientific genius of Majorana. This introductory chapter is followed, in chronological order, by the eleven scientific papers by this great scientist, in most cases translated into English for the first time. Each paper is accompanied by a comment from an expert in the field in question. Although very few in number, Majorana's papers constitute a heritage of undeniable value and extraordinary scientific meaning, since they laid the foundations for research fields that remain topical today. With this in mind, two additional contributions on ongoing developments in these research fields are included: one on neutrino physics and the other on Majorana fermions in condensed matter. The volume closes with a note on Majorana's life until his ill-fated disappearance.

Author : Francesco Guerra,Nadia Robotti
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121483957

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Ettore Majorana by Francesco Guerra,Nadia Robotti Pdf

The career of Ettore Majorana, a highly renowned theoretical physicist, was brief but very intense, and he disappeared in March 1938 in circumstances that still are not completely clear. This volume examines his scientific, academic and human personality.

Author : Ekrem Aydiner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031384776

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Frontiers of Fundamental Physics FFP16 by Ekrem Aydiner Pdf

Author : Erasmo Recami
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811207037

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Majorana Case, The: Letters, Documents, Testimonies by Erasmo Recami Pdf

'The Majorana Case is beautifully written, with a pleasant style, and concatenates a great deal of material. A text that could only be written by those who know the life and work of Ettore Majorana very well, as Prof Recami. The book traces the extraordinary life of Ettore Majorana — through his letters, documents and several testimonies from his friends and family members. What makes it more fascinating is that the author presented it also as a detective-story, by exploring his mysterious disappearance at young age. The personal testimonies also give to the book a welcome surplus. The Majorana Case, therefore, is both a pleasant biography and a mystery book.'Contemporary PhysicsEttore Majorana was born in the Sicilian city of Catania. He joined Enrico Fermi's 'Via Panisperna boys' at an early age and was part of the team who first discovered the slow neutrons (the research that would lead to the nuclear reactor and eventually, the atomic bomb). Enrico Fermi considered him one of brightest scientists, comparable to Galileo and Newton.On March 25, 1938, Ettore Majorana mysteriously disappeared at 31. When the author moved to the University of Catania, Sicily, from Milan University back in 1968, he soon discovered important documents pertaining to Majorana's life and works. Together with his own investigative materials and full cooperation from Majorana's family members, he published a book on his disappearance in Italian (after having helped the famous Italian writer, Leonardo Sciascia, to write down his known Essay, by supplying him with copy of some of the discovered documents). Recami's book was entitled Il Caso Majorana — Epistolario, Documenti, Testimonianze and when it first appeared in Italy, it drew interest from all the major newspapers, publications and TVs & broadcast media.Even after his disappearance, Ettore Majorana's name appeared in many areas of frontier physics research, ranging from elementary particle physics to applied condensed matter, to mathematical physics, and more. His long lasting contributions is a testimony of his brilliance and farsightedness and has continued to draw interest from scientists not only in Italy, but from all over world until today.An English version of the original is very appropriate at this juncture, when more and more scholars in the world are getting convinced that he was really a genius 'like Galileo and Newton'. This book traces the extraordinary life of Ettore Majorana — through his letters, documents and testimonies from his friends and family members. What makes this book more fascinating (as a detective-story too) is his mysterious disappearance at young age. This book, therefore, is both a biography and a mystery book.

Author : Ettore Majorana,Giuseppe Franco Bassani
Publisher : SIF Edizioni Scientifiche
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 8874380313

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Ettore Majorana by Ettore Majorana,Giuseppe Franco Bassani Pdf

With this volume the Italian Physical Society presents a collection of Ettore Majorana's scientific papers (note scientifiche) in the original language and, for the first time - with three exceptions - translated into English. Each paper is then followed by a comment (in English) of an expert in the scientific field. Contributors to the comments are Ennio Arimondo, Nicola Cabibbo, Massimo Inguscio, Luciano Maiani, Rosario Nunzio Mantegna, Francesco Minardi, Luigi Radicati di Brozolo and Antonio Sasso. A century after his birth Ettore Majorana is rightfully considered one of the greatest physicists of the first half of the last century. This volume will be of interest to the specialists of the History of Science and to the physicists concerned with problems related to Majorana's contributions. [Présentation de l'éditeur].

Author : G. Velo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 350 pages
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Release : 1973-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : UCAL:B3753965

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Constructive Quantum Field Theory by G. Velo Pdf

Author : G.P Velo,A.S. Wightman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401014908

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Renormalization Theory by G.P Velo,A.S. Wightman Pdf

The present volume collects lecture notes from the session of the International School of Mathematical Physics 'Ettore Majorana' on Renormalization Theory that took place in Erice (Sicily), August 17 to August 31, 1975. The School was a NATO Advanced Study Institute sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Public Education, the Italian Minis try of Scientific and Technological Research, and the Regional Sicilian Government. Renormalization theory has, by now, acquired forty years of history. The present volume assumes a general acquaintance with the elementary facts of the subject as they might appear in an introductory course in quantum field theory. For more recent significant developments it provides a systematic intro duction as well as a detailed discussion of the existing state of knowledge. In particular analytic and dimensional renorma lization, normal product technique, and the Bogoliubov-Shirkov Epstein-Glaser method are treated, with applications to physically important gauge theories. All the preceding deals with perturbative renormalization theory. In recent years there has been an interesting development of non-perturbative renormalization theory in models in space-times of two and three dimensions, with the use of the methods of constructive field theory. Despite the simplicity of these models, the results are of significance because they are exact and answer a number of questions of principle. There are parts of renormalization theory which are not well understood, for instance the renormalization theory of non-renormalizable interactions.

Author : G. Velo,A.S. Wightman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468458381

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Constructive Quantum Field Theory II by G. Velo,A.S. Wightman Pdf

The seventh Ettore Majorana International School of Mathematical Physics was :Jeld at the Centro della Cultura Scientifica Erice. Sicily, 1-15 July 1988. The present volume collects lecture notes on the session which was entitled Con8tructive Quantum Field Theory lI. The II refers to the fact that the first such school in 1973 was devoted ,0 the same subject. The school was a NATO Advanced Study Institute sponsored Jy the Italian Ministry of Scientific and Technological Research and the Regional 3icilian Government. At the time of the 1973 Erice School on Constructive Field Theory, the speakers :ould summarize a decade of effort on the solution of superrenormalizable models in two dimensional space-time leading to the verification of the axioms of relativistic :J. uantum field theory for these examples. The resulting lecture notes have proved ,0 be exceptionally useful and are still in print. In the decade and a half that have ~lapsed since that time, there has been much hard work with the ultimate objective of providing a rigorous mathematical foundation for the quantum field theories in four iimensional space-time that summarize a large fraction of our current understanding )f elementary particle physics: QCD and the electroweak theory. The lecture notes )f the 1988 school record the fact that, although this objective has not been reached, Important progress has been made. The ultraviolet stability of Yang-Mills theory In four dimensions has been treated and renormalizable (not superrenormalizable) models in two dimensional space-time, Gross-Neveu models, have been solved.