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In August 1979 a group of 94 physicists from 60 laboratories in 21 countries met in Erice to attend the 17th Course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics. The countries represented at the School were: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Nor way, Poland, Rumania, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Yugoslavia. The School was sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Public Education (MPI), the Italian Ministry of Scientific and Techno logical Research (MRST) , the Sicilian Regional Government, and the Weizman Institute of Science. In the theoretical sessions, as expected, Sidney Coleman's (liN) lectures provided a new masterpiece in his Erice series. Andre Martin lectured on the theory of new particles, R.L. Jaffe on the Bag Hodel and Francis E. Low on quark status at low energy. In the more specialized section we were able to reflect on the problem of asymptotic changes in gauge theory, troubles experienced with instantons and finally on the fate of false vacua, thanks to A. Patrascioiu, R. Petronzio, and H. Kleinert. A quite exceptional event this year was the special QCD session wId_ch I leave the reader to enjoy without further introduction.
List of contents
Opening Lecture.- Personal Impressions of Recent Trends in Particle Physics.- Theoretical Lectures.- 1/N.- The Bag.- Quark Model States and Low Energy Scattering.- Exact Results in the Theory of New Particles.- Review Lectures.- Neutrino Interactions: Neutral and Inclusive Charged Currents.- Physics of e+e? Reactions.- First Results from PETRA.- Deep Inelastic Phenomena.- Diquarks.- Seminars on Specialized Topics.- Farewell to Instantons.- Constraints on Low Energy Coupling Constants in Grand Unified Theories.- A Special Session - QCD.- Can One Tell QCD from a Hole in the Ground?.- Highlights in Other Fields.- Fate of False Vacua - Field Theory Applied to Superflow.- The Glorious Days of Physics.- My Life as a Physicist.- Closing Ceremony Prizes and Scholarships, etc..- List of Participants.
