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The Second Workshop on Grand Unification

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor April 24–26, 1981

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  1. Jacques P. Leveille

    1. The Harrison M. Randall Laboratory of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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  2. Lawrence R. Sulak

    1. The Harrison M. Randall Laboratory of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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  3. David G. Unger

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. A Neutrino-Free Universe

    • Sheldon Lee Glashow
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Kolar Gold Field Nucleon Decay Experiment a Status Report

    • M. R. Krishnaswamy, M. G. K. Menon, N. K. Mondal, V. S. Narasimham, B. V. Sreekantan, N. Ito et al.
    Pages 11-21

  4. Search for Nucleon Decay: The Deep Underground Water Cerenkov Detector and the Homestake Tracking Spectrometer

    • M. L. Cherry, T. Daily, K. Lande, C. K. Lee, E. Marshall, R. I. Steinberg et al.
    Pages 22-40

  5. Experiments at the Soudan Mine: Operating and Proposed

    • Michael A. Shupe
    Pages 41-54

  6. The Mont Blanc Fine Grain Experiment on Nucleon Stability

    • G. Battistoni, E. Bellotti, G. Bologna, P. Campana, C. Castagnoli, V. Chiarella et al.
    Pages 55-69

  7. A Fine Grain Detector in the Frejus Tunnel

    • R. Barloutaud
    Pages 70-79

  8. Status Report on Harvard, Purdue, Wisconsin Proton Decay Experiment

    • Chuck Wilson
    Pages 80-83

  9. Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven (I.M.B.) Nucleon Decay Search Status Report

    • C. B. Bratton, W. Gajewski, W. R. Kropp, J. Learned, F. Reines, J. Schultz et al.
    Pages 84-97

  10. Review of Neutron-Antineutron Oscillation Experiments

    • K. Green
    Pages 98-119

  11. Limitations on Proton Decay Modes from a Passive Detection Scheme

    • C. L. Bennett
    Pages 120-124

  12. Ultimate Limits to Proton Decay Searches

    • John G. Learned
    Pages 125-130

  13. Theoretical Expectations for Proton Decay

    • Paul Langacker
    Pages 131-150

  14. SU (5) Theory vs. Experiment

    • W. J. Marciano, A. Sirlin
    Pages 151-162

  15. Effective Lagrangian and Effective Parameters in Grand Unified Theories

    • York-Peng Yao
    Pages 163-178

  16. Thresholds in Particle Physics

    • M. Veltman
    Pages 179-184

  17. The TeV Picture

    • Stuart Raby
    Pages 185-194

  18. Complexions of Baryon and Lepton Number Violations Within Maximal Symmetries

    • Jogesh C. Pati
    Pages 195-221

  19. Grand Unification and the Fundamental Problems of Classical Cosmology

    • Michael S. Turner
    Pages 222-247

  20. Constraints on Guts from Cosmological Baryon Asymmetry

    • M. Yoshimura
    Pages 248-257
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About this book

Recently there has been rapid progress towards understanding the separate theories of the strong, weak and electromagnetic inter­ actions within the framework of the standard SU(3) x SU(2) x U(l) model. The purpose of the Second Workshop on Grand Unification was to discuss the physics beyond the standard model and the major topic was grand unified theories which unify the strong, weak and electromagnetic sectors. Grand unified theories are presently being used to calculate experimentally accessible quantities such as the proton lifetime and nucleon decay branching ratios. Meanwhile, experiments are currently being performed, and new, dedicated experiments mounted, to measure these quantities. Reports on these experimental and theoretical activities occupied much of the workshop. Furthermore, since grand unified theories allow one to extrapolate the behavior of the universe back to the first instants after the big bang, their cosmological implications and the constraints on these theories from cosmology were of great interest at the workshop. The conference opened with a keynote address by S. L. Glashow in which he discussed among other topics baryon minus lepton number conservation, neutrino masses and a neutrino-free universe. To maximize the interplay between theorists and experimentalists, theoretical and experimental talks were interleaved. An experimental highlight of the workshop was the presentation by S. Miyake of three candidate events for proton decay.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Harrison M. Randall Laboratory of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Jacques P. Leveille, Lawrence R. Sulak, David G. Unger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Second Workshop on Grand Unification

  • Book Subtitle: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor April 24–26, 1981

  • Editors: Jacques P. Leveille, Lawrence R. Sulak, David G. Unger

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5990-9

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Boston 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-8176-3055-3Published: 01 January 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5990-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 322

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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