From Superconductivity to Supernovae: The Ginzburg Symposium. Report on theSymposium Held in Honor of Vitaly L. Ginzburg. Held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on May 22, 1992

摘要

A one day symposium honoring Professor Vitaly L. Ginzburg and his manycontributions to the world of physics was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. An additional purpose was to explore future directions for research in the context of his extensive involvement in the rapid developments in physics in the last fifty years. This transcription of the proceedings includes invited talks on some of those recent developments in such fields as superconductivity and astrophysics. Prof. Ginzburg's own address 'What problems of physics and astrophysics seem now to be especially important and interesting' was the focus for discussion on the future directions of physics research. Titles of the other papers given at the symposium are as follows: New Phenomena in Proximity Effect Tunneling in High TC Superconductors; Radio Galaxies, Quasars, and Superluminal Radio Sources; Exotic Properties of High TC Materials and the Ginzburg Parameter; Gamma Ray Astrophysics and Early Results of the Compton Observatory; Some Puzzles of the Normal State of High TC Oxides; Galactic Annihilation Radiation.