In Items 181 and 186 the full machinery of the renormalization group was brought to bear on this problem, and a host of universal predictions are made, including the existence and properties of a tricritical point as both temperature and strange quark mass are varied. Lett. 396. [45][46], In 2020, experimenters from the Ecole Normale Suprieure and from the Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (C2N) reported in Science that they had made a direct detection of anyons. Lett. Lett. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Lett. Treiman and A. Zee), Phys. Frank Wilczek 9 Internal Structure of Black Holes (with F. Larsen), Phys. 251. The deepest of these consequences result from the infinite number of degrees of freedom invoked to implement locality. Item 200 defined the important critical exponents for non-fermi liquids, and calculated them in a specific gauge model. Each has become a major focus of world-wide research. 171. Frank Wilczek 5 Gibbons, Hawking, Siklos (Cambridge University Press, 1983). Lett. Self-Interaction Correction to Black Hole Radiance, (with P. Kraus), Nucl. 147. Film from Frank Wilczek's Installation colloquium, November 24. B 411, 112-116, (1997). Treiman and A. Zee), Phys. Phys. Frank Wilczek 29 461. 416. hep-th/9202014 [91/71] Mod. 71. I put a lot of thought into them, and I am generally pleased with how they came out. gr-qc/9406042 [94/46] Phys.B Proc. Mass Splittings from Symmetry Obstruction (with L. Cornalba), Phys. Items 80-82 were talks at the famous Nuffield conference. In the store he noticed a brand of laundry detergent called "Axion." Countless people had probably seen and used the product, but the precocious Wilczek was almost certainly the first to think it might offer a good name for an elementary particle. Rev. 11. Frank Wilczek 25 B251, [FS13], 917 (1985). 388. Cosmological Implications of Axinos (with K. Rajagopal and M.S. Babu and J. Pati) Nucl. Paired Hall States (with M. Greiter and X.G. D11, 1919 (1975). Quantum Hair on Black Holes (with S. Coleman and J.Preskill), Nucl. Thermal Decay of the Cosmological Constant Into Black Holes (with A. Gomberoff, M. Henneaux, and C. Teitelboim) Phys. Fundamentals by Frank Wilczek: 9780735223905 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books "Fundamentals might be the perfect book for the winter of this plague year. In the technical part of item 453 I returned to the analysis of level crossings in the presence of symmetry, and found some beautiful universal structure. Lett. Rev. 319. Bolometric Detection of Neutrinos (with B. Cabrera and L. Krauss), Phys. Phys. Wilczek has made seminal contributions to fundamental particle physics, cosmology and the physics of materials. Phys. 90. Particle Physics: Minimalism triumphant Nature 496 439-441 (April 2013) [MIT-CTP 4458] Professor Wilczek received his B.S. Global Structure of Evaporating Black Holes (with M. Parikh), Phys. Frank Wilczek is a theoretical physicist, author, and intellectual adventurer. Analysis and Synthesis 3: Cosmic Groundwork Physics Today 56N10 10-11 (2003). 211-219. My Wizard, Reference Frame Column, Physics Today 61 N1[MIT-CTP 3866] (2008). cond-mat/9602112 [95/111] Rev. QCD: High Temperature Item 91 is foundational. The internet is an amazing source of information (and misinformation) about almost any topic. Rev. Asymptotically Free Gauge Theories, I (with D. Gross), Phys. Rev. 450. 151. [2]He is currently the Herman Feshbach . 165.CosmologyandBrokenDiscreteSymmetry(withS.Trivedi,J.PreskillandM.B.Wise), Nucl. On Geometric Entropy, (with Curtis Callan), Phys. 324. 352. Fractional Charge on Solitons (with J. Goldstone), Phys. In the fall of 2000, he moved from the Institute for Advanced Study, where he was the J.R. Oppenheimer Professor, to the MIT Department of Physics, where he is the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics. 2: Rationalizations Physics Today 57N12 10-11 (2004). Jour. 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This is a cluster of papers wherein the methods of superconductivity theory are applied to QCD at high density. Rev. B46, 9586, (1992). 393. 414. Rev. Chiral Spin States and Superconductivity (with X.G. 406. Rev. D60 074012 (1999). The Origin of Mass [modified from 342] Frontline 22N10 (2005); Mod. Corrections? D60 1140331-1140337 (1999). He contributes regularly to Physics Today and to Nature, explaining topics at the frontiers of physics to wider scientific audiences. If axions exist and have low mass within a specific range, they are of interest as a possible component of cold dark matter. Kingsley, S. Treiman and A. Zee), Phys. To preserve sanity, the numbering of items is the same as in the complete bibliogra- phy. Abstract. Peculiar Spin and Statistics in 2+1 Dimensions (with R. MacKenzie), Int. 174. Ultraviolet Behavior of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories (with D. Gross), Phys. Frank Anthony Wilczek . Lett. Fractional Statistics and Anyon Superconductivity, a monograph and reprint collection, World Scientific (September, 1990). Exact solutions and the adiabatic heuristic for quantum Hall states (with M. Greiter), Nucl. Suppl. Phys. Frank Wilczek, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist, author and Arizona State University Distinguished Professor, whose boundary-pushing investigations into the fundamental laws of nature have transformed our understanding of the forces that govern our universe, was announced today as the winner of the 2022 Templeton Prize . 453. [12], Wilczek met Betsy Devine at Princeton, when both watched the televised 1972 Fisher-Spassky chess matches. 109. 204. 295. [4] In May 2022, he was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at the University of Chicago in 1970, a Master of Arts in Mathematics at Princeton University, 1972, and a Ph.D. in . Rev. 2n Quasihole States Realize 2n1-Dimensional Spinor Braiding Statistics in Paired Quantum Hall States (with Chetan Nayak), Nucl. 266. BCS as Foundation and Inspiration: The Transmutation of Symmetry, Mod. B3, 1001 (1989). Paired Hall States in Double Layer Electron Systems (with M. Greiter and X.G.Wen), Phys. 141. Inequivalent Embeddings of SU(2) and Instanton Interactions, Phys. When quarks were brought very close together, the force was so weak that the quarks acted almost as if they were free particles not bound together by any force. [MIT-CTP-3709]. Lett. quantum chromodynamics (QCD), as the fundamental theory of the strong interaction. V32, 177 (1982). Near-Zero Modes in Superconducting Graphene (with Pouyan Ghaemi) (August, 2007) cond.-mat:supr-con/0709.2626 v2 (September 2011) Phys. Born in Mineola, New York, of Polish and Italian origin, Wilczek was educated in the public schools of Queens, attending Martin Van Buren High School.It was around this time Wilczek's parents realized that he was exceptional - in part as a result of Frank Wilczek having been administered an IQ test. Rev. [49] In 2018 he and Qing-Dong Jiang calculated that the so-called "quantum atmosphere" of materials should theoretically be capable of being probed using existing technology such as diamond probes with nitrogen-vacancy centers. 401. Statistical Mechanics of Anyons (with D. Arovas, J.R. Schrieffer and A. Zee), Nucl. A70 033603 (2004). Phys. 51, 2250 (1983). Appearance of Gauge Structures in Simple Dynamical Systems (with A. Zee), Phys. 76. An Explorer and Surveyor [on Hermann Weyl] Nature 437 1095 (2005). Item 261 is foundational. 134 3-12 (2004). The Social Benefit of High-Energy Physics Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics, Sup- plement: Elementary Particle Physics (2002). He is known, among other things, for the discovery of asymptotic freedom, the development of quantum chromodynamics, the invention of axions, and the discovery and exploitation of new forms of quantum statistics (anyons). 166. Supersymmetric Phenomenology: Foundational Papers Biography. The Recent Excitement in HIgh-Density QCD Nucl. Wilczek has made seminal contributions to fundamental particle physics, cosmology and the physics of materials. A Vol. The first of these is more concerned with putting the early concepts in perspective, while the second emphasizes how theyve evolved, and points to the future. 52, 1524 (1984). B340, 366 (1990). Mod. . Wilczek became a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000. Axions, Including Axion Cosmology of Mod. It was around this time Wilczek's parents realized that he was exceptional - in part as a result of Frank Wilczek having been administered an IQ test. Futures- Six public lectures by Nobel and Templeton Laureate Frank Wilczek, Nobel physicist Frank Wilczek on paradox, beauty and truth. 72. Phys. Lett. 55, 122 (1985). An extremely intriguing possibility is that the 2-flavor color superconducting phase goes over into ordinary nuclear matter with no phase transition. 119. This is accomplished by adding a new global symmetry (called a PecceiQuinn symmetry.) Minimal Potentials with Very Many Minima (with Marin Soljacic). Whence the Force of F=ma? 110, 118902 (2013) See Also . Scaling Mount Planck 1: A View from the Bottom Physics Today 54N6 12-13 (2001). Geometric Phases in Physics (a text and reprint volume, edited with A. Shapere) (World Scientific, 1989). Item 68, an early review, was among the first to discuss QCD as an established theory. This theory, which addresses how quarks interact, is key to the interpretation of almost all experimental studies involving modern particle accelerators. Lett. 69, 132 (1992). 440. [45][47], In 2012 he proposed the idea of a time crystal. Statistical Transmutation, Anyons, and Chern-Simons Theory and T. Yu) Phys. [35][36] Wilczek named this new hypothetical particle the "axion" after a brand of laundry detergent,[37] while Weinberg called it "Higglet". The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 was awarded jointly to David J. Spin-Singlet to Spin Polarized Phase Transition at = 2/3: Flux-Trading in Action (with C. Nayak), Nucl. Professor Wilczeks professional work has touched on a large variety of questions in theoretical physics. Items 115 and 423 are full-scale popular books, that have reached large audiences. Phys. Gauge Kinematics of Deformable Bodies (with A. Shapere), Am. Rev. [13] They married in 1973, and together they have two daughters. Jour. Reasonably Effective 1: Deconstructing a Miracle Physics Today 59N11 8-9 (2006). 249. With our current understanding, we have four fundamental forces. A Relationship Between Hawking Radiation and Gravitational Anomalies (with S. Robinson) Phys. hep-ph/9711395 [97/119] Lifes Parameters Physics Today 56N2 10-11 (2003). 153. In Search of Symmetry Lost Nature 433 239-247 (2004). 250. B. Carr (Cambridge Univer- sity Press), based in part on talk given at the Anthropic Workskop, Jun 2001 (2004) hep- ph/0408167 [MIT-CTP-3526]. Lett. cond-mat/9904190 [99-39] Lett. Omissions? 176. Jour. Item 274 was prepared as a special News and Views Feature for Nature. Lett. 164. 335. Frank Wilczek. Frank Anthony Wilczek (1951-05-15) May 15, 1951(age 71) Mineola, New York, U.S. I took the opportunity to talk about the wide-ranging scientific impact of our work, which extends far beyond the profound but esoteric paradoxes that provoked it. 58, 1799 (1987). Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. Gibbons, Hawking, Siklos (Cambridge University Press, 1983). Item 346 explores thermal, as opposed to quantum, transitions between vacua or black-hole states. Lett. It was around this time Wilczek's parents realized that he was exceptionalin part as a result of Frank Wilczek having been administered an IQ test. High Density Quark Matter and the Renormalization Group in QCD with Two and Three Flavors: Showing how the renormalization of Fermi liquid parameters in QCD is surprisingly tractable, and identifying the favored couplings. Wilczek will work on a variety of important issues in theoretical physics. Matter-Antimatter Accounting, Thermodynamics, and Black Hole Radiation (with D. Toussaint, S. Treiman and A. Zee), Phys. Lett. Lett. Geometric and Renormalized Entropy in Conformal Field Theory, (with C. Holzhey and F. Larsen), Nucl. For more information on how to customize the content, look, and feel of your site please see the help section at the Drupal Cloud Website. Item 137 is foundational. Compactification of the Twisted Heterotic String (with V. Nair, A. Shapere and A. Strominger), Nucl. Extremely interesting possibilities, as yet in- sufficiently explored, arise in theories with several Chern-Simons fields, particularly when several distinct two-dimensional planes are involved. Selected Publications Rev. B358, 447 (1991). Rev. Maxwells Other Demon, Nature 402, 22-23, (4 November 1999). (with M. Turner), Nature 298, 633 (1982). B125, 35, 519(E) (1983). 53, 2203 (1983). He has received many prizes for his work, including a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004. 198. From Not Wrong to (Maybe) Right Nature 428 261 (2004). 24 B380, 447 (1992). 235. I mention a few of its most striking successes, both achieved and prospective. A Nobel Prize-winner tries to pick his favorite music, fix a faulty algorithm and make some quantum computing leaps. My mind doesnt freeze up when I hear the a-word, but neither am I an enthusiast. in Item 94, and spelled out so even the blind can see it in Item 129. Discrete Gauge Symmetry in Continuum Theories (with L.M. This suggestion stimulated a lot of activity, both theoretical and experimental. Some Calculable Contributions to Entanglement Entropy, (with M. Hertzberg), (July 2010) hep-th1007.0993 Phys. It also con- tains considerable explanatory material. In items 395 and 399 the analysis was successfully extended to charged and rotating black holes. Rev. Physics begins to answer. A 23 1791-1811, The European Physical Journal C, 59 N2 185, hep-ph/07084236 (2007) [MIT-CTP 3858]. Quite a few papers straddle the boundary between categories, but I always chose a unique classification. A line element that is regular through the horizon and particular well adapted to such calculations, and has other features of interest, was introduced in Item 202 (the mathematics, though not the quantum physics, of this line element has a prehistory). Lett. 67, 1975 (1991). 102. Ive had some fun dirtying my hands with this. 301. Finally Item 172 is an attempt to portray the big picture, for a wide physics audience. The first interpretation is to ask whether quantum mechanics explains the phenomenon of free will, or whether there is something else that must be taken into account in our description of the world which is not within the scope . Rev. By Gabriel Popkin. 361. D16, 152 (1977). In preparing the biography, I reflected on my great good fortune in having supportive people and institutions. Callan, R.L. B404 (1993) 577. hep-ph/9303281 [93/16] 332 QCD and Natural Philosophy Annales Henri Poincare 4 S211-S228 (2003). B631 170-176 (2005). J. Mod. 226. 2 Selected Publications He has received many honors for his work, notably including the Nobel Prize. D. 78 083507. astro-ph/0807.1726 [MIT-CTP3950] (2008). Lett. Superconductivity from Perturbative One-Gluon Exchange in High Density Quark Mat- ter (with T. Scha efer) Phys. Solitons in Superfluid 3He-A: Bound States on Domain Walls (with J. L. Ho, J. R. Fulco and J. R. Schrieffer), Phys. Wilczek, considered one of the world's most eminent theoretical physicists, is the Herman Feshbach professor of physics at MIT. Phys. 455. 112. Origins of Mass, hep-ph 1206.7114 CEJP D12-00144 (June 2012) [MIT-CTP 4379]. . Item 30 introduced the Higgs-gluon-gluon coupling, which plays a central role in the anticipated phenomenology of that particle. It is brief, but of very broad scope. It gives us an analytically tractable realization of confinement and chiral symmetry breaking in a regime of definite physical interest. The Future of Particle Physics as a Natural Science, Published in Critical Problems in Physics in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of Princeton University, November 1996, eds. Lett. Bernard Carr (2005). Panning for Gold at the K Stream, Nature 389, 671 (16 Oct. 1997). In itself it is a clever paper, I think, but it was rapidly overtaken by the explosive development of the field. "Fundamentals might be the perfect book for the winter of this plague year. B 9, 3189, (1995). 81. Rev. It still appears as if this symmetry, or some closely related variant, is also necessary. 62, 1221 (1989). Phys. B566 33-91(2000). Lett. 1 No. 52, 2111 (1984). In Item 57 we generalized the halving of quantum numbers discovered abstractly by Jackiw and Rebbi, and in the context of polyacetylene by Su, Schrieffer, and Heeger, to a much wider class of field theories, featuring other fractions. B3, 903 (1989). Selected Publications Wilczek has made seminal contributions to fundamental particle physics, cosmology and the physics of materials. High Density Quark Matter and the Renormalization Group in QCD with two and three flavors (with T. Scha efer), Phys. 419. 53, 722 (1984). Rev. Several of the other papers here are devoted to analysis of exotic dynamics around non-abelian strings. 245. 458. 402. Some Applications of a Simple Stationary Line Element for the Schwarzschild Geom- etry, (with P. Kraus), Mod. Spinoza, Beethoven, Walt Whitman, Einstein good company! 80. 74. D10, 1649 (1974). In Item 177 Holzhey and I discussed a class of dilaton black holes that behave much like elementary particles; it later developed, that in certain cases these solutions in fact do correspond to elementary objects in string theory. Rev. B 424 (1994) 443. hep-th/9403108 [93/88] Resolution of Cosmological Singularities (with Finn Larsen), Phys. Quantum Mechanics of Fractional Spin Particles, Phys. Lett. B 430, (1994) 534. cond-mat/9408016 [94/59] 86 3492-3495 (2001). Spin Dependent Hubbard Model and a Quantum Phase Transition in Cold Atoms (with W. V. Liu and P. Zoller) Phys. Remarks on the New Resonances at 3.1GeV and 3.7GeV (with C.G. Solar Neutrino Oscillations (with L. Krauss), Phys. This [asymptotic freedom] is a phenomenon whereby the building blocks which make up the nucleus of an atom 'quarks' behave as free particles when they are close together, but become more strongly attracted to each other as the distance between them increases. Rev. Item 353 is a high-level discussion of [44], Frank Wilczek, Dan Arovas, and Robert Schrieffer analyzed the fractional quantum Hall effect in 1984, proving that anyons were required to describe it. B112, 133 (1982). Possible Non-Regge Behavior of Electroproduction Structure Functions (with A. DeRu- jula, S.L. 52. Populated Domain Walls (with C. Nayak), Phys. 203. 350 From Concept to Reality to Vision Eur. J. Phys. D18, 4686 (1978). We discovered the main phenomena for ourselves, as presented in Item 39, but we were scooped by Yoshimura as we were developing them. In the same year he was awarded the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Commemorative Medal from Charles University in Prague. D24, 1681 (1981). B328, 140 (1989). 55. Lett., 80, 4851, (1998). 404. 43. B 68 (Proc. Self-Propulsion at Low Reynolds Number (with A. Shapere), Phys. 109 (2012) 160401 (February 2012) MIT-CTP [4348]. degree from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. In Item 425, I made a case for a very specific exotic (tetraquark) hadron. Just beautiful. 392. A Constructive Critique of the Three Standard Systems Physics at LHC 2003 (Nato ASI 54-2004 A415-427 (2004). These are concepts in physics which he named and pioneered. His books included The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces (2008), A Beautiful Question: Finding Natures Deep Design (2015), and Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality (2021). 43, 1571 (1979). 18 Quantum Numbers of Textured Hall Effect Quasiparticles (with C. Nayak), Phys. Tippett: Frank Wilczek won the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics for his discoveries about quarks that helped illuminate our understanding of the 4 fundamental forces of nature in the Standard Model of physics though Frank Wilczek more poetically calls the Standard Model the Core Theory. Wilczek also contributed to the study of questions relating to cosmology, condensed matter physics, and black holes. Lett. Quantum Hall States In this group of papers I applied the ideas of Chern-Simons theory and statistical transmutation more specifically to the quantum Hall effect. 1: Culture Shock Physics Today 57N10 11-12 (2004). 154. Phys. Rev. Professor Wilczek received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and his PhD from Princeton University. In 2004 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, and in 2005 the King Faisal Prize. QCD at Finite Baryon Density: Nucleon Droplets and Color Superconductivity (with M. Alford and K. Rajagopal), Phys. Back to Basics at High Temperature, Physics Today, 11 (April 1998). D8, 3633 (1973). 400. Weak Decays of Charmed Hadrons (with R.L. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - The Information: https://theinformation.com/lex to get 75% off first month. Quantum Properties of Solitons A6, 1631 (1991). Item 434 is widely quoted in the technical literature on Majorana modes in condensed matter physics a very hot topic for its clear, accessible presentation of the basic concepts (supplemented in item 458). In Item 99, Zee and I showed how one could extend Berrys celebrated phase to a nonabelian setting. B120, 127 (1983). 29. 48, 1146 (1982). How Frank Wilczek made a discovery to rival Einstein, and won the Nobel Prize. N . Holzhey), Nucl. Introduction to Quantum Matter Nobel Symposium 148: Graphene and Quantum Mat- ter, eds. B 479, 529, (1996). Effect of Instantons on the Heavy Quark Potential (with C. Callan, R. Dashen, D. Gross and A. Zee). Some of these have been crudely tested already. Item 100 started the whole subject. The U(1) Problem: Instanton, Axions, and Familons, in How Far Are We from the Gauge Forces, ed. 171, and 218 are applications of the general philosophy mentioned in the previous Section to the quantum Hall effect context. This theory forms the key to the interpretation of almost all experimental studies involving modern particle accelerators. Constraints on Chronologies, (with Alfred Shapere), gr-qc 1208.3841 [MIT-CTP 4389] Rev. 40, 279 (1977). He was raised Catholic.. Scr. 385 General Issues Connecting Flavor Symmetry and Supersymmetry (with E. Bilgin, B. Patt, and D. Tucker-Smith) Phys. B70, 418 (1977). (Wiley-Interscience, NY, 1977), pp. In addition to the Nobel Prize, Wilczek received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship (1982) and the Templeton Prize (2022) among numerous other honours. 78, 4679, (1997). Saltatory Relaxation of the Cosmological Term in String Theory (with J. Feng, J. March-Russell, and S. Sethi) Nucl. J. C33 S38-S42 (2004). Space-Time Approach to Holonomy Scattering (with Y.-S. Wu), Phys. 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To understand ourselves and our place in the universe, we should have humility but also self-respect, the physicist writes in a new book. Item 95 anticipates the concept of domain wall fermions, which has since become quite popular in high energy theory, in a concrete condensed matter context. Mai 1951) ist ein amerikanischer theoretischer Physiker , Mathematiker und Nobelpreistrger . [91/65] Item 112 presents a simple, natural example. Item 122 proposes and derives major consequences of a universality class motivated by analogy and mathematical esthetics, that subsequently proved to provide, in essence, the effective theory of topological insulators. Popular and Semi-Popular Pieces Phys. Lett. 369. He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), distinguished professor at Arizona State University (ASU) and full professor at Stockholm University. 302. Frank Wilczek is Herman Feschbach Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2000-present). 312. Illustrations of Vacuum Polarization by Solitons (with R. MacKenzie), Phys. Fundamental Constants, pp. [20], In 2014, Wilczek penned a letter, along with Stephen Hawking and two other scholars, warning that "Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. 72 1125-1140 (2000). 220. Frank Wilczek Mistake, Profound, Progress Frank Wilczek (2009). Lett. 210. 399. 189. D30, 2194 (1984). Frank Wilczek is a Nobel Prize winning physicist at MIT. Letts. Lett. In the early 1970s Wilczek and Gross used particle accelerators to study quarks and the force that acts on them. Phys. 307. Here are a few URLs if you want to dig into elementary particles and unification. [8], After skipping two grades, Wilczek started high school in the 10th grade, when he was 13 years old. [24], Wilczek was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1990, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993,[25][26] and the American Philosophical Society in 2005. B634 69-73 (2006). 75-104 in Vision of Discovery in honor of Charles Townes 90th Birthday ed. [91/34] B437 (1995) 231. hep-th/9411219 [94/101] 4 Rev. Tegmark) Phys. Item 286 was commissioned by the director of Brookhaven National Laboratory, Jack Marburger, in response to a kerfluffle in the press about possible exotic, catastrophic risks associated with the RHIC turn-on. Lett. In 2004, he was part of the team that won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the . Sci. Item 130 has become the standard reference on its subject matter. Rev. Rev. Lett. 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