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082	0	0	_a530.092 _bFRA
245	0	0	_aFrank Wilczek : _b50 years of theoretical physics
260			_aBerlin _bWorld scientific _c2022
300			_axvii, 334 p. _bcolor illustrations ;
520			_a"Frank Wilczek is one of the foremost theoretical physicists of the past half-century. He has made several fundamental contributions that shape our understanding of high energy physics, cosmology, condensed matter physics, and statistical physics. In all these fields his many discoveries continue to play a key role in shaping the direction of modern theoretical physics. Among Wilczek's major achievements is the discovery of asymptotic freedom, which predicts and explains the ultraviolet behavior of non-abelian gauge theories. The axion, which he co-discovered and named, has emerged as the prevalent candidate for explaining the origin of dark matter in the Universe. His invention of color-flavor locking explains chiral symmetry breaking in high density quantum chromodynamics. His introduction of fractional statistics and anyons are pivotal to our understanding of the fractional quantum Hall effect and form the building blocks of topological quantum computing. His invention of the time crystal concept has catalyzed extensive investigations of dynamical phases of physical systems. This volume serves as a tribute to Frank Wilczek's legendary scientific contributions, commemorating his 70th birthday and the first 50 years of his career as a theoretical physicist. The contributors include several of his PhD students, close collaborators, and both past and present colleagues"--
650		0	_aPhysicists
650		0	_aMathematical physics.
700	1		_aNiemi, Antti J, Ed.
700	1		_aPhua, K. K, Ed.
700	1		_aShapere, Alfred, Ed.
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