Unification of the fundamental particle interactions II

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6812617

Ellis, J; Ferrara, S

Efforts to construct unified theories of the fundamental particle interactions have shown rapid progress in recent years. Gauge theories of the strong and electroweak interactions have gained general acceptance and attempts at the grand unification of all gauge interactions are now undergoing extensive experimental and astrophysical tests. Meanwhile, researchers attempting to construct calculabe models of matter coupled to gravity are generally relying on supersymmetry, in hopes of alleviating the technical problems associated with the different mass scales of the various interactions. This may also provide a framework for unification with gravity. This major collection offers in-depth explorations of all of the various approaches now being followed in the exciting quest for unification of the fundamental particle interactions. The international group of contributors includes leading exponents of gauge theories and supersymmetry. Their papers provide the reader with up-to-date appraisals of where many areas of research and theory in the field now stand and how the field is likely to develop in the future.

• OSTI ID: 6812617
• Report Number(s): CONF-8110291-; TRN: 84-014512
• Resource Relation: Conference: Europhysics study conference, Erice, Italy, 6 Oct 1981; Related Information: Ettore Majorana International Science Series: Physical Sciences
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
GRAND UNIFIED THEORY
MEETINGS
SUPERSYMMETRY
UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
CALCULATION METHODS
COUPLING
GRAVITATION
LEADING ABSTRACT
MATTER
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PROCEEDINGS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
STRONG INTERACTIONS
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
WEAK INTERACTIONS
ABSTRACTS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
FIELD THEORIES
INTERACTIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
SYMMETRY
645400* - High Energy Physics- Field Theory