The Quantum Structure of Space and Time: Proceedings of the 23rd Solvay Conference on Physics Brussels, Belgium 1-3 December 2005 PDF
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QcEntwn Structure &pace and Time TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk Proceedings of the 23rd Solvay Conference on Physics - Brussels, Belgium 1 3 December 2005 The Quantum Structure Space of and Time EDITORS DAVID GROSS Kavli Institute. University of California. Santa Barbara. USA MARC HENNEAUX Universite Libre de Bruxelles & International Solvay Institutes. Belgium ALEXANDER SEVRIN Vrije Universiteit Brussel & International Solvay Institutes. Belgium \b World Scientific NEW JERSEY LONOON * SINGAPORE BElJlNG * SHANGHAI HONG KONG TAIPEI * CHENNAI Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Re. Ltd. 5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224 USA ofJice: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601 UK ofice; 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE British Library Cataloguing-in-PublicationD ata A catalogue record for this hook is available from the British Library. THE QUANTUM STRUCTURE OF SPACE AND TIME Proceedings of the 23rd Solvay Conference on Physics Copyright 0 2007 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereoi may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher. For photocopying of material in this volume, please pay a copying fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. In this case permission to photocopy is not required from the publisher. ISBN 981-256-952-9 ISBN 981-256-953-7 (phk) Printed in Singapore by World Scientific Printers (S) Pte Ltd The International Solvay Institutes Board of Directors Members Mr. Jacques Solvay President Prof. Franz Bingen Vice-president and Emeritus-Professor at the VUB Baron Daniel Janssen President of the Board of Directors of Solvay S.A. Prof. Franklin Lambert Deputy Director and Professor at the VUB Prof. Renk Lefever Professor at the ULB Prof. Grkgoire Nicolis Professor at the ULB Mr Jean-Marie Piret Attorney General of the Supreme Court of Appeal and Honorary Principal Private Secretary to the King Prof. Jean-Louis Vanherweghem President of the Administrative Board of the ULB Prof. Irina Veretennicoff Professor at the VUB Honorary Member Baron Andre Jaumotte Honorary Rector and Honorary President of the ULB Vi The Quantum Structure of Space and Time Guest Members Prof. Albert Goldbeter Professor at the ULB and Scientific Secretary of the Committee for Chemistry Mr Pascal De Wit Adviser Solvay S.A. Prof. Niceas Schamp Secretary of the Royal Flemish Academy for Science and the Arts Prof. Alexandre Sevrin Professor at the VUB and Scientific Secretary of the Committee for Physics Direct or Prof. Marc Henneaux Professor at the ULB The International Solvay Institutes vii Solvay Scientific Committee for Physics Professor Herbert Walther (chair) Max-Planck Institut (Munich, Germany) Professor Tito Arecchi Universith di Firenze and INOA (Firenze, Italy) Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell University of Bath (Bath, UK) Professor Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Ecole Normale SupBrieure (Paris, fiance) Professor Ludwig Faddeev V.A Steklov Mathematical Institute (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) Professor David Gross Kavli Institute (Santa Barbara, USA) Professor Gerard 't Hooft Spinoza Instituut (Utrecht, The Netherlands) Professor Klaus von Klitzing Max-Planck-Institut (Stuttgart, Germany) Professor Pierre Ramond University of Florida (Gainesville, USA) Professor Alexandre Sevrin (Scientific Secretary) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk 23rd Solvay Conference on Physics Hotel MQtropole (Brussels), 1-3 December 2005 The Quantum Structure of Space and Time Chair: Professor David Gross The 23rd Solvay Conference on Physics took place in Brussels from December 1 through December 3, 2005 according to the tradition initiated by Lorentz at the 1st Solvay Conference on Physics in 1911 (“Premier Conseil de Physique Solvay”). It was followed on December 4 by a public event co-organized with the European Commission, during which R. Dijkgraaf and B. Greene delivered public lectures and a panel of scientists (T. Damour, R. Dijkgraaf, B. Greene, D. Gross, G. ’t Hooft, L. Randall, G. Veneziano) answered questions from the audience. The Solvay Conferences have always benefitted from the support and encourage- ment of the Royal Family. His Royal Highness Prince Philippe of Belgium attended the first session on December 1 and met some of the participants. The organization of the 23rd Solvay Conference has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Solvay Family, the Solvay Company, the Belgian National Lottery, the “Universitb Libre de Bruxelles”, the “Vrije Universeit Brus- sel”, the “Communautk franCaise de Belgique”, the David and Alice Van Buuren Foundation and the H6tel Mbtropole. ix
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