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Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space and Time: Charting the Course for Elementary Particle Physics Committee on Elementary Particle Physics in the 21st Century, National Research Council ISBN: 0-309-66039-4, 176 pages, 7 x 10, (2006) This free PDF was downloaded from: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11641.html Visit the National Academies Press online, the authoritative source for all books from the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council: • Download hundreds of free books in PDF • Read thousands of books online, free • Sign up to be notified when new books are published • Purchase printed books • Purchase PDFs • Explore with our innovative research tools Thank you for downloading this free PDF. 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Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space and Time: Charting the Course for Elementary Particle Physics http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11641.html REVEALING THE HIDDEN NATURE OF SPACE AND TIME Charting the Course for Elementary Particle Physics Committee on Elementary Particle Physics in the 21st Century Board on Physics and Astronomy Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C. www.nap.edu Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space and Time: Charting the Course for Elementary Particle Physics http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11641.html THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS • 500 Fifth Street, N.W. • Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by Grant No. PHY-0432486 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation and Contract No. DE-FG02-04ER41327 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Department of Energy. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recom- mendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Elementary Particle Physics in the 21st Century. Revealing the hidden nature of space and time : charting the course for elementary particle physics / Committee on Elementary Particle Physics in the 21st Century, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-309-10194-8 (pbk.) — ISBN 0-309-66039-4 (pdf) 1. Particles (Nuclear physics)— Research—United States. 2. Space and time—Research—United States. I. Title. QC793.4.N38 2006 539.7’2072073—dc22 2006027444 Additional copies of this report are available from the National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055; (800) 624-6242 or (202) 334-3313 (in the Washington metropolitan area); Internet, http://www.nap.edu. Cover: Industrial designer Jan-Henrik Andersen, working with particle physicists Gordon Kane and David Gerdes, portrays the collision of a proton and an antiproton in the Fermilab Tevatron accel- erator. By parameterizing the different properties of subatomic particles with different visual ele- ments (color, number and direction of helical turns, visual weight of solid and void space, and so on), Andersen creates a visual interpretation of the particle physics at work. Courtesy of J.-H. Andersen. 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Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space and Time: Charting the Course for Elementary Particle Physics http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11641.html Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space and Time: Charting the Course for Elementary Particle Physics http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11641.html COMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY HAROLD T. SHAPIRO, Princeton University, Chair SALLY DAWSON, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Vice Chair NORMAN R. AUGUSTINE, Lockheed Martin Corporation (retired) JONATHAN A. BAGGER, Johns Hopkins University PHILIP N. BURROWS, Oxford University SANDRA M. FABER, University of California Observatories STUART J. FREEDMAN, University of California at Berkeley JEROME I. FRIEDMAN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology DAVID J. GROSS, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics JOSEPH S. HEZIR, EOP Group, Inc. NORBERT HOLTKAMP, Oak Ridge National Laboratory TAKAAKI KAJITA, University of Tokyo NEAL F. LANE, Rice University NIGEL LOCKYER, University of Pennsylvania SIDNEY R. NAGEL, University of Chicago HOMER A. NEAL, University of Michigan J. RITCHIE PATTERSON, Cornell University HELEN QUINN, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center CHARLES V. SHANK, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory PAUL STEINHARDT, Princeton University HAROLD E. VARMUS, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center EDWARD WITTEN, Institute for Advanced Study Staff DONALD C. SHAPERO, Director TIMOTHY I. MEYER, Senior Program Officer DAVID B. LANG, Research Associate VAN AN, Financial Associate STEVE OLSON, Consulting Editor v Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space and Time: Charting the Course for Elementary Particle Physics http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11641.html BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY BURTON RICHTER, Stanford University, Chair ANNEILA L. SARGENT, California Institute of Technology, Vice Chair ELIHU ABRAHAMS, Rutgers University JONATHAN A. BAGGER, Johns Hopkins University RONALD C. DAVIDSON, Princeton University RAYMOND J. FONCK, University of Wisconsin at Madison ANDREA M. GHEZ, University of California at Los Angeles PETER F. GREEN, University of Michigan LAURA H. GREENE, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign WICK HAXTON, University of Washington
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