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，这是两年一次的国际研讨会“量子理论与对称性研讨会”的第三次会议。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。这些研讨会在奇数年举行，在形式上与双数年举行的著名的两年一次的会议类似，并对其进行补充，该会议名为“物理学群体理论方法国际研讨会（ICGTMP）”。这两个专题讨论会的会议委员会有几个共同的成员。这种研讨会的一个重要的智力价值是，它的形式汇集了来自不同领域的物理学家和数学家，就数学物理前沿的主题进行互动。以前这样的会议使参与者能够识别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、量子计算和非交换几何等领域的研究工作。这与同样有价值的、更频繁举行的研讨会形成对比，这些研讨会专注于单一主题，如QCD、中微子、超对称等。在这个项目更广泛的影响中，一个是它填补了美国这类会议的真空。据我们所知，上一次在美国举行这样的会议是在1980年代中期。他们经常在欧洲、加拿大、墨西哥等地举行。因此，年轻的美国理论家，如博士后和研究生，由于经济上的限制，很难参加这些会议。为了部分抵消这一趋势，最近NSF为参加2002年7月22日至27日在法国巴黎举行的一个类似的联合国教科文组织会议的年轻美国与会者提供了旅费，该会议被称为国际理论物理会议。QTS3的目标之一是促进来自美国的年轻理论家的参与。为了进一步加强本次研讨会的广泛影响并使其成为一项传统，我们邀请了高级研究所的爱德华·威滕教授来发表塔夫脱讲座，该讲座由查尔斯·p·塔夫脱基金会赞助。还将举行一场公众讲座，讨论一个大家感兴趣的话题。我们计划尽一切努力使这些讲座引起附近俄亥俄州-肯塔基州-印第安纳州地区的高中和小型大学的注意，并鼓励他们参加。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。当地的组委会包括Philip Argyres、Paul Esposito、Timothy Hodges、Alexander Kagan、Freydoon Mansouri（主席）、Joseph Scanio、Peter Suranyi、Rohana Wijewardhana和Louis Witten。支付邀请全体会议发言人的费用和出版研讨会论文集所需的经费估计为42000.00美元。我们已经从辛辛那提大学获得了20000美元的承诺，并打算同时向能源部申请11000.00美元。向NSF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.