Effective Theories and Fundamental Interactions

Abstract

Part 1 Opening lecture: the physical vacuum as a condensate, T.D. Lee. Part 2 Theory and phenomenology: the theory of quark confinement, V.N. Gribov light-quark effective theory, H. Leutwyler heavy-quark effective theory, M. Neubert electroweak theory confronting precision data, D. Schildknecht effective field theory and physics beyond the standard model, R. Barieri unified theories with U(2) flavour symmetry, R. Barbieri lectures on supersymmetric gauge theories and electric-magnetic duality, N. Seiberg an amusing cosmology from the string effective action, G. Veneziano ten to eleven - it is not too late, M.J. Duff finite-temperature effective theories, M. Shaposhnikov flipped no-scale supergravity - a synopsis, D.V. Nanopoulos. Part 3 Specialized seminar: exploring the universe with atomic clocks, N.F. Ramsey an elusive Z' coupled to beauty, P.H. Frampton. Part 4 Physics results - status and perspectives: recent results from LEP, M. Pohl recent results from HERA, G. Wolf. Part 5 Special sessions for new talents: critical equation of state from the average action, J. Berges measurement of the t-Lepton lifetime (LEP L3), M. Biasini study of the Kns-K0s final state in two photon collisions (LEP L3), S. Braccini toward an effective theory of small x QCD, C. Ewerz study of charm production in the CHORUS experiment (CERN), J. Herin colour-suppresses hadronic B meson decays, Y.Y. Keum CP violation in nonleptonic two-body decays of charmed mesons, P. Santorelli spectroscopy of solar neutrinos - status and future prospects, S. Schonert pi-piS wave interactions and 0++ particles, B.S. Zou.