FSUseal Dirac Symposium FSUSeal
A centennial celebration ...


Speakers include:
E. Abrahams (Rutgers)
J. Bagger (Johns-Hopkins)
V. Barger (Wisconsin)
L. Brown (Northwestern)
S. Deser (Brandeis)
M. Dirac
M. Goldhaber (BNL)
R. Jackiw (MIT)
P. Langacker (U-Penn)
A. Linde (Stanford)
J. Lykken (FNAL)
W. Marciano (BNL)
J. Polchinski (ITP, Santa Barbara)
P. Ramond (UF)
B. Serot (Indiana)
F. Wilczek (MIT)





Revised Schedule

December 5
7:00-9:00 p.m. Reception/Hors d'oeuvres, lobby of Doubletree hotel

December 6
8:00-8:45 a.m. Register at Turnbull conference center
 
(Session chair: H. Baer)
8:45-8:50 Announcements
8:50-9:00 S. D'Alemberte (President's welcome address)
9:00-9:35 L. Brown (Northwestern) - Paul Dirac: Building Bridges of the Mind
9:35-10:10 L. Halpern (FSU) - From Reminiscences to Outlook
 
10:10-10:40 Break
 
(Session chair: J. Fox)
10:40-11:15 P. Ramond (UF) - Dirac's footsteps and supersymmetry
11:15-11:50 E. Abrahams (Rutgers) - Some mysteries of quantum matter
 
11:50-1:40 p.m. Lunch (Turnbull center)
 
(Session chair: V. Hagopian)
1:40-2:15 J. Bagger (Johns-Hopkins) - Beyond Dirac: Particle Physics in the 21st Century
2:15-2:50 B. Serot (Indiana) - Building Atomic Nuclei with the Dirac Equation
2:50-3:25 W. Marciano (BNL) - The Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment: A Harbinger for New Physics
 
3:25-3:55 Break
3:55-4:05 conference picture
 
(Session chair: X. Tata)
4:05-4:40 P. Langacker (UPenn) - Time variation of fundamental constants as a probe of underlying physics
4:40-5:15 V. Barger (Wisconsin) - New Focus on Neutrinos
 
5:15-6:30 Social hour; open bar; music
6:30-9:00 Banquet
Special guest speaker: Monica Dirac
Paul Dirac, my father

December 7
(Session chair: J. Owens)
9:00-9:35 a.m. J. Lykken (FNAL) - Neutrinos and CPT
9:35-10:10 R. Jackiw (MIT) - Dirac's Magnetic Monopole (Again)
 
10:10-10:35 Break
 
(Session chair: K. Kemper)
10:35-11:10 S. Deser (Brandeis) - Dirac and Gravity
11:10-11:45 J. Polchinski (Santa Barbara) - Monopoles, duality and string theory
11:45-12:20 p.m. A. Linde (Stanford) - Inflation, supergravity and the fate of the Universe
12:20-12:30 Summary/closing
 
12:30-1:30 Lunch
 
1:30 Excursions:
  • Tour Dirac collection at Dirac Science Library (Display open: 1:30-3:00)
  • Wakulla Springs boat tour
  •  
    Evening Tallahassee Celebration of Lights; Santa's village (Park Street pavillion)



    The Style File
    1. Download ws-p9-00x6-00_2e.zip, the style file for the Dirac Symposium proceedings.
    2. Once you have downloaded the style file, use the command unzip ws-p9-00x6-00_2e.zip to unzip it.
    3. Then start off by reading ws-procs9x6.tex.





    Last updated September 13, 2002