The Oskar Klein Memorial Lectures [2, Hardcover ed.] 9810214502, 9789810214500

Table of contents :
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
1. Introduction......Page 17
3. What Is Wrong?......Page 18
4. Neutrino Conversion......Page 20
5. A New Experiment......Page 26
6. A Proposed Solution......Page 27
Note Added in Proof......Page 29
7. Final Comments......Page 30
References......Page 31
SUPERNOVA THEORY......Page 33
References......Page 42
1. Introduction......Page 43
2. The Big Bang Theory......Page 45
3. Unanswered Questions......Page 57
4. The Mechanism of Inflation......Page 62
5. The Inflationary Universe Scenario......Page 67
6. Answers to Three Questions......Page 72
7. The Eternal Nature of Inflation......Page 80
8. Conclusion......Page 81
References......Page 82
1. The Cosmic Cookbook......Page 87
2. Evolution of a False Vacuum Bubble......Page 89
3.Initial Singularities as an Obstacle to Universe Creation......Page 96
4. The Creation of a Universe by Quantum Tunneling......Page 97
5. Subtletlies in the Subtraction Term......Page 106
6. Numerical Results......Page 108
7. Conclusions......Page 109
References......Page 110
1. The Klein-Nishina Collaboration......Page 113
2. Who Were the Two Physicists?......Page 114
3. Compton Scattering......Page 115
4. On the Derivation of the Klein-Nishina Formula......Page 120
5. The Negative Energy States in 1928-30......Page 123
6.2. Positrons......Page 124
6.4. The helicity of the neutrino......Page 125
Acknowledgements......Page 126
References......Page 127
1. Introduction......Page 129
2. Introductory Remarks on the Wave Equation of Dirac......Page 130
3. Eigenfunctions of the Dirac Wave Equation for a Free Electron......Page 131
4. Solution of the Wave Equation for an Electron in a Continuous Monochromatic Radiation Field......Page 135
5. Calculation of the Scattered Radiation Field......Page 137
References......Page 145
1. Introduction......Page 147
References......Page 155
EXCERPTS FROM SOME AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES*......Page 157
References......Page 165

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