Third International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries; September 10-14, 2003; Cincinatti, OH

该项目的主要目标是主办QTS3，这是两年一度的国际研讨会的第三次，题为“量子理论和对称性研讨会”。QTS1于1999年在德国戈斯拉尔举行，QTS2于2001年在波兰克拉科夫举行。这些在奇数年举行的专题讨论会在形式上类似于在偶数年举行的众所周知的两年一次的会议，题为“关于物理学中的群论方法的国际学术讨论会”(ICGTMP)。这两个专题讨论会的会议理事会都有几名共同成员。这种研讨会的一个重要的学术价值是，它的形式将来自不同领域的物理学家和数学家聚集在一起，就数学物理前沿的主题进行互动。以前的此类会议使与会者能够确定和探索共同的数学主题，这些主题统一了他们在原子和核物理、规范理论、弦理论和量子力学基础、群论、量子群、量子计算和非对易几何等领域的研究努力。这将与同样有价值的、更频繁地举办的研讨会形成对比，这些研讨会专注于单个主题，如QCD、中微子、超对称性等。该项目的更广泛影响之一是，它填补了美国此类会议的真空。据我们所知，上一次在美国举行这样的会议是在20世纪80年代中期的S。它们经常在欧洲、加拿大、墨西哥等地举行。因此，经济上较为拮据的美国年轻理论工作者，如博士后和研究生，参加这些会议遇到了困难。为了部分抵消这一趋势，NSF最近为参加2002年7月22-27日在法国巴黎举行的类似的联合国教科文组织会议的美国年轻与会者提供了旅费。QTS3的目标之一是促进来自美国的年轻理论家的参与。为了进一步加强这次研讨会的广泛影响并使之成为一种传统，我们邀请了高级研究所的Edward Witten教授发表由查尔斯·P·塔夫脱基金会赞助的塔夫脱演讲。还将有一场关于一个广泛感兴趣的话题的公开讲座。我们计划尽一切努力让附近俄亥俄州-肯塔基州-印第安纳州地区的高中和小型大学注意到这些讲座，并鼓励他们参与。为期五天的研讨会将于2003年9月10日至14日在辛辛那提大学举行。当地组委会成员包括菲利普·阿盖尔、保罗·埃斯波西托、蒂莫西·霍奇斯、亚历山大·卡根、弗雷登·曼苏里(主席)、约瑟夫·斯卡尼奥、彼得·苏兰伊、罗哈纳·维吉亚德哈纳和路易斯·维滕。所需经费估计为42000.00美元，用于支付受邀全体发言者的费用和出版专题讨论会会议记录的费用。我们已经从辛辛那提大学获得了20000.00美元的承诺，并打算同时申请美国能源部的11000.00美元。向国家科学基金会申请的金额为11000.00美元。

The main objective of this project is to host QTS3, the third of a biennial international symposium entitled "SYMPOSIUM ON QUANTUM THEORY AND SYMMETRIES." QTS1 was held in Goslar, Germany, in 1999 and QTS2 in Krakow, Poland, in 2001. These symposia, which take place in odd numbered years are similar in format to and complement the well known biennial conferences, held in even numbered years, entitled "INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON GROUP THEORETICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS(ICGTMP)". The Conference Boards for the two symposia have several common members. An important intellectual merit of such a symposium is that its format brings together physicists and mathematicians from diverse fields to interact on topics on frontiers of mathematical physics. Previous such meetings have enabled the participants to identify and explore common mathematical themes that unify their research efforts in fields ranging from atomic and nuclear physics, gauge theories, string theories, and foundations of quantum mechanics, to group theory, quantum groups, quantum computing, and noncommutative geometries. This is to be contrasted with the equally worthy and more frequently held symposia that are focused on a single subject such as QCD, neutrinos, supersymmetry, etc. Among the broader impacts of this project, one is that it fills the vacuum for the conferences of this type in the United States. To our knowledge, the last of such conferences held in the United States was in mid 1980's. They are held frequently in Europe, Canada, Mexico, etc. As a result, young US theorists, such as postdocs and graduate students, who are financially more constrained, have had difficulty attending these conferences. To partially offset this trend, recently NSF provided travel funds for young US participants to a similar UNESCO conference, called International Conference on Theoretical Physics, held in Paris, France, July 22-27, 2002. One of aims of QTS3 is to facilitate the participation of young theorists from the United States. To further strengthen the broader impacts of this Symposium and to make it a tradition, we have invited Professor Edward Witten of the Institute for Advanced Studies to deliver the Taft Lecture, sponsored by the Charles P. Taft Foundation. There will also be a public lecture on a topic of broad interest. We plan to make every effort to bring these lectures to the attention of the high schools and small colleges in the nearby Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana region and encourage their participation. The five-day symposium will be held at University of Cincinnati, September 10-14, 2003. The local, organizing committee includes, Philip Argyres, Paul Esposito, Timothy Hodges, Alexander Kagan, Freydoon Mansouri (Chair), Joseph Scanio, Peter Suranyi, Rohana Wijewardhana and Louis Witten. The funds needed to cover the expenses of the invited plenary speakers and the publishing of the proceedings of the Symposium is estimated at $42000.00. We already have a commitment of $20000.00 from University of Cincinnati and intend to simultaneously apply for $11000.00 from DOE. The amount requested from NSF is $11000.00.