Asymptotic Freedom: From Paradox to Paradigm

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dc.creatorWilczek, Frank
dc.date2005-02-11
dc.date2005-02-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:31:45Z
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dc.descriptionAsymptotic freedom was developed as a response to two paradoxes: the weirdness of quarks, and in particular their failure to radiate copiously when struck; and the coexistence of special relativity and quantum theory, despite the apparent singularity of quantum field theory. It resolved these paradoxes, and catalyzed the development of several modern paradigms: the hard reality of quarks and gluons, the origin of mass from energy, the simplicity of the early universe, and the power of symmetry as a guide to physical law.
dc.description26 pages, 10 figures. Lecture on receipt of the 2004 Nobel Prize. v2: typo (in Ohm's law) corrected
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0502113
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0502113
dc.identifierProc.Nat.Acad.Sci.102:8403-8413,2005; Int.J.Mod.Phys.A20:5753-5778,2005; Rev.Mod.Phys.77:857-870,2005
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/RevModPhys.77.857
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/197371
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Lattice
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.titleAsymptotic Freedom: From Paradox to Paradigm
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