Discusses current topics in condensed matter and particle physics, including: conformal field theory; P and CP violation in nuclear and particle physics; magnetoencephalography; vortex dynamics in low-Tc and high-Tc superconductors; and grand unification in the superstring context.
Part 1 Quantum field theory and applications: gauge theory of the normal
state of high-T superconductors, P.A. Lee and N. Nagaosa; cohomological field
theory, R. Rajaraman; bosonization - how to make it work for you in condensed
matter, R. Shankar; the chem-simons-landau-ginzburg theory of the fractional
quantum hall effect, S.C. Zhang; old and new topics in conformal field
theory, J.B. Zuber. Part 2 Particle physics: grand unification in the
superstring context - a point of view and a summary, J.C. Pati; a few topics
on P and CP violation in nuclear and particle physics, Y. Yamaguchi. Part 3
Strong correlations in condensed matter: heavy fermion physics - electrons on
the brink of magnetism, P. Coleman; broken symmetry ground states of low
dimensional metals - superconductors charge and spin density waves, G.
Gruner; magnetoencephalography - a non-invasive method for investigating
signal processing in the human brain, O.V. Lounasmaa; an introduction to
vortex dynamics in low-T and high-T super-conductors, N.P. Ong; physics of
heavy electrons in metals - experimental aspects and phenomenology, H.R. Ott;
metal insulator transitions, T.V. Ramakrishnan; theory of strongly correlated
electrons, T.M. Rice; fluctuation contribution to the diamagnetic
susceptibility of YBa2Cu307-y, R. Srinivasan; excess conductivity in the
paracoherence region in high temperature superconductors, R. Srinivasan.
