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Tables of Contents for Historical Development of Quantum Theory
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The Conceptual Completion and the Extensions of Quantum Mechanics (1932-1941)
671
344
Introduction
671
7
The Causality Debate (1929-1935)
678
35
Introduction: The Principle of Causality in Quantum Theory
678
5
Heisenberg's Discussions Concerning the Positivism of the `Vienna Circle' (1929-1932)
683
9
The Indeterminacy Relations for Relativistic Quantum Fields (1929-1933)
692
11
The Continuation of the Debate on Causality with the Berlin Physicists (1929-1935)
703
10
The Debate on the Completeness of Quantum Mechanics and Its Description of Reality (1931-1936)
713
46
Introduction
713
4
From Inconsistency to Incompleteness of Quantum Mechanics: The EPR Paradox (1931-1935)
717
8
The Response of the Quantum Physicists, Notably, Bohr and Heisenberg to EPR (1935)
725
13
Erwin Schrodinger Joins Albert Einstein: The Cat Paradox (1935-1936)
738
9
Reality and the Quantum-Mechanical Description (1935-1936)
747
12
New Elementary Particles in Nuclear and Cosmic-Ray Physics (1929-1937)
759
78
Introduction: `Pure Theory' Versus `Experiment and Theory'
759
13
The Theoretical Prediction of Dirac's `Holes' and `Monopoles' (1928-1931)
772
13
The Discovery of New Elementary Particles of Matter and Antimatter (1930-1933)
785
16
Quantum Mechanics of the Atomic Nucleus and Beta-Decay (1931-1934)
801
21
Universal Nuclear Forces and Yukawa's New Intermediate Mass Particle (1933-1937)
822
15
Solid-State, Low-Temperature, and Relativistic High-Density Physics (1930-1941)
837
61
Introduction
837
3
New American and European Schools of Solid-State Physics (1933-1937)
840
17
Low-Temperature Physics and Quantum Degeneracy (1928-1941)
857
20
Toward Astrophysics: Matter Under High Pressures and High Temperatures (1926-1939)
877
21
High-Energy Physics: Elementary Particles and Nuclear Reactions (1932-1942)
898
117
Introduction
898
4
Between Hope and Despair: Progress in Quantum Electrodynamics (1930-1938)
902
33
New Fields Describing Elementary Particles, Their Properties, and Interactions (1934-1941)
935
29
Nuclear Forces and Reactions: Transmutation, Fusion, and Fission of Nuclei (1934-1942)
964
51
Epilogue: Aspects of the Further Development of Quantum Theory (1942-1999)
1015
229
The Elementary Constitution of Matter: Subnuclear Particles and Fundamental Interactions
1020
118
Some Progress in Relativistic Quantum Field Theory and the Formulation of the Alternative S-Matrix Theory (1941-1947)
1024
1
E. C. G. Stueckelberg: `New Mechanics (1941)'
1024
1
The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Mechanics (Feynman and Tomonaga, 1942-1943)
1024
6
Heisenberg's S-Matrix (1942-1947)
1030
3
The Renormalized Quantum Electrodynamics (1946-1950)
1033
1
The Shelter Island Conference (1947)
1033
5
Hans Bethe and the Initial Calculation of the Lamb Shift (1947)
1038
5
The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Electron (1947)
1043
8
The Pocono Conference (1948)
1051
6
Vacuum Polarization (1948)
1057
2
The Michigan Summer School: Freeman Dyson at Julian Schwinger's Lectures (1948)
1059
3
The Immediate Impact of Schwinger's Lectures (1948)
1062
2
Schwinger's Covariant Approach (1948-1949)
1064
10
Gauge Invariance and Vacuum Polarization (1950)
1074
7
The Quantum Action Principle (1951)
1081
4
Tomonaga Writes to Oppenheimer (April 1948)
1085
1
Tomonaga's Papers (1946-1948)
1086
2
Feynman's Preparations up to 1947
1088
3
Richard Feynman after the Shelter Island Conference (1947-1950)
1091
8
Freeman Dyson and the Equivalence of the Radiation Theories of Schwinger, Tomonaga, and Feynman (1949-1952)
1099
5
The Impact of Dyson's Work
1104
2
Feynman and Schwinger: Cross Fertilization
1106
1
New Elementary Particles and Their Interactions (1947-1964)
1107
11
The Problems of Strong-Interaction Theory: Fields, S-Matrix, Currents, and the Quark Model (1952-1969)
1118
7
The `Standard Model' and Beyond (1964-1999)
1125
1
The `Electroweak Theory' (1964-1983)
1126
1
The `Intermediate Weak Boson'
1126
1
Spontaneous Symmetry-Breaking and the Higgs Mechanism
1127
1
The Weinberg-Salam Model and Its Renormalization
1127
1
Neutral Currents and the Discovery of the Weak Bosons
1128
2
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) (1965-1995)
1130
1
The Discovery of Physical Quarks
1130
1
Asymptotic Freedom of Strong Interaction Forces
1131
1
Quantum Chromodynamics
1132
1
The Completion of QCD
1133
1
Beyond the Standard Model (1970-1999)
1134
4
Quantum Effects in the Physical Laboratory and in the Universe
1138
55
The Industrial and Celestial laboratories (1947-1957)
1139
1
The Transistor in the Industrial Laboratory (1947-1952)
1139
4
The Celestial Laboratory (1946-1957)
1143
2
The Application of Known Quantum Effects (1947-1995)
1145
1
The Casimir Effect and Its Applications (1947-1978)
1145
8
The Maser and the Laser (1955-1961)
1153
3
The Bose-Einstein Condensation (1980-1995)
1156
3
Superfluidity, Superconductivity, and Further Progress in Condensed Matter Physics (1947-1974)
1159
1
Rotons and Other Quasi-Particles (1947-1957)
1159
4
The Solution of the Riddle of Superconductivity (1950-1959)
1163
7
Critical Phenomena and the Renormalization Group (1966-1974)
1170
3
New Quantum Effects in Condensed Matter Physics (1958-1986)
1173
1
The Mossbauer Effect (1958)
1173
2
Experimental Proof of Magnetic Flux Quantization (1961)
1175
1
The Josephson Effect (1962)
1176
1
Superfluid Helium III: Prediction and Verification (1961-1972)
1177
2
The Quantum Hall Effect and Lower Dimensional Quantization (1980)
1179
2
High-Temperature Superconductors (1986)
1181
2
Stellar Evolution, the Neutrino Crisis, and 3 K Radiation (1957-1999)
1183
2
Stellar Evolution and New Types of Stars (1957-1971)
1185
2
The Solar Neutrino Problem and the Neutrino Mass (1964-1999)
1187
3
3 K Radiation and the Early Universe (1965-1990)
1190
3
New Aspects of the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
1193
51
The Copenhagen Interpretation Revisited and Extended (1948-1966)
1197
11
Causality, Hidden Variables, and Locality (1952-1968)
1208
4
The Hidden Variables and von Neumann's Mathematical Disproof Revisited (1952-1963)
1212
4
The EPR Paradox Revisited, Bell's Inequalities, and Another Return to Hidden Variables (1957-1968)
1216
6
The Aharonov-Bohm Effect (1959-1963)
1222
2
Further Interpretations and Experimental Confirmation of the Standard Quantum Mechanics (1957-1999)
1224
1
The Many-World Interpretation and Other Proposals (1957-1973)
1224
5
Tests of EPR-Type Gedankenexperiments: Hidden Variables or Nonlocality (1972-1986)
1229
6
The Process of Disentanglement of States and Schrodinger's Cat: An Experimental Demonstration (1981-1999)
1235
9
Conclusion: Four Generations of Quantum Physicists
1244
11
References
1255
186
Author Index
1441
28
Subject Index for Volumes 1 to 6
1469