Sudarshan: Seven Science Quests

Symposium Program

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2006
6:00 PM — Reception at the Doubletree Club Hotel

CONFERENCE LOCATION
Conference sessions will be held at the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center Auditorium — Room 1.110. The building is located on the northeast corner of the University of Texas' campus in Austin, Texas. Directions and a map to the conference center can be found on their web site at http://www.utexas.edu/cee/tcc/maps/index.php?page=overview.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2006

0800-0830	Registration
0830-0845	Welcome Juan M. Sanchez & Mary Ann Rankin, University of Texas at Austin
0845-0900	Inaugural Talk E.C.G. Sudarshan: Quantum Catalyst Rodger Walser, University of Texas at Austin
I. V-A: Universal Theory of Weak Interaction, Chair: Jan Nilsson, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
0900-0945	Plenary Talk V-A was the Key Steven Weinberg, University of Texas at Austin
0945-1015	A Brief History of Weak Interaction Theory Susumu Okubo,University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
1015-1030	Coffee Break
1030-1100	V-A Theory: A View from the Outside Ashok Das, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
1100-1130	50 Years of V-A (Living Dangerously) Sandip Pakvasa, University of Hawaii
II. Symmetry, Chair: Richard Arnowitt, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1130-1215	Plenary Talk The Symmetries of Nature Sydney Meshkov, California Institute of Technology
1215-1315	Lunch Break
1315-1345	George Sudarshan, No-Go Theorems and the Exclusion Principle M.Y. Han, Duke University, Raleigh, NC
1345-1415	E.C.G. Sudarshan and Symmetry in Classical Dyamics, Optics and Quantum Mechanics N. Mukunda, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
1415-1445	Why Quantum Dynamics is Linear, How One Qubit Almost Completely Reveals the Dynamics of Two, and Other Things Learned Following George's Lead Tom Jordan, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
1445-1500	Coffee Break
III. Spin Statistics Chair: Ranjit Nair, Centre for Philosopy and Foundation of Science, New Delhi, India
1500-1545	Plenary Talk Spin and Statistics in Arbitrary Dimensions Luis J. Boya, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
1545-1615	Toward an Understanding of the Spin-Statistics Theorem Ian M. Duck, Rice University, Houston, TX
1615-1645	Spin, Statistics, and Superconductivity David Ritz Finkelstein, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
1645-1715	Exact Parastatistical Partition Functions Tom Imbo, University of Illinois at Chicago
1715-1745	Sudarshan's Non-Relativistic Approach to the Spin-Statistics Connection Anil Shaji, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1745	Cocktails
1900	Banquet: Austin Gleeson, University of Texas at Austin, Speaker Under the Oaks Dining Room, Thompson Conference Center

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006

IV. Quantum Optical Coherence Chair: Harry Swinney, University of Texas at Austin
0800-0845	Plenary Talk Sudarshan Diagonal Coherent State Representation Developments and Applications C.L. Mehta, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
0845-0915	Nonclassical Light—An Assessment of the Voyage into Hilbert Space H. Jeff Kimble, California Institute of Technology
0915-0945	From Nonclassical Optics to Quantum Information Science: The Legacy of Sudarshan's Diagonal Representation Theory Rajiah Simon, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India
0945-1000	Coffee Break
V. Quantum Zeno Effect, Chair: Iwo Bialynicki-Birula, Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
1000-1030	Plenary Talk Zeno Dynamics Giuseppe Marmo, Universita da Napoli, Italy
1030-1100	Quantum Zeno Dynamics Saverio Pascazio, University of Bari, Italy
1100-1130	Perspectives on the Quantum Zeno Paradox Wayne M. Itano, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO
1130-1200	Quantum Zeno Paradox: Survival and Decay Charles Chiu, University of Texas at Austin
1200-1300	Lunch Break
VI. Theory of Tachyons Chair: David Freedman, Needham, MA
1300-1345	Plenary Talk Superluminal Objects and Waves/ Superluminal Motion Forty Years Later Erasmo Recami, University of Bergamo, Italy
1345-1415	Tachyons O.M. Bilaniuk, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1415-1445	Does the Special Theory of Relativity (STR) Forbid the Existence of Particles Travelling With Speed Greater Than the Speed of Light in Vacuo (Tachyons)? S.K. Bose, University of Notre Dame, IN
1445-1500	Coffee Break
VII. Quantum Mechanics of Open Systems Chair: Gianfausto Dell’Antonio, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
1500-1545	Plenary Talk Quantum Maps and Quantum States Manuel Asorey, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
1545-1615	The Quantum Jump Approach—Applications to Quantum Optics and to Particle-Detector Spin Models Gerhard C. Hegerfeldt, Gottingen University, Germany
1615-1645	Decohering Histories and Open Quantum Systems Eric Chisolm, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM
Reflections & Observations Chair: Swadesh Mahajan, University of Texas at Austin
1645-1715	Plenary Talk Reflections on George Sudarshan V.V. Raman, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1715-1800	Reflections and Interconnections George Sudarshan, University of Texas at Austin