Selected Papers, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986 Weak Interactions and Early Papers Contemporary Physicists Series, Vol. 1

In these volumes, the most significant of the collected papers of the Chinese-American theoretical physicist Tsung-Dao Lee are printed. A complete list of his published papers, in order of publication, appears in the Bibliography of T.D. Lee. The papers have been arranged into ten categories, in most cases according to the subject matter. At the beginning of each of the first eight categories of papers, there is a commentary on the content and significance of all of the papers in the category. The two short final categories do not have any commentaries. The editor would like to thank Dr. Richard Friedberg for his assistance in the early stages of the editorial work on this project, as well as for writing commentaries on the papers of Categories III and IV. I would also like to thank Dr. Norman Christ for writing the commentary on the papers of Category VII. The assistance of Irene Tramm was in­ valuable in many aspects of preparing this collection, including locating copies of Lee's papers. GERALD FEINBERG List of Categories of T.D. Lee's Papers Volume 1 I. Weak Interactions II. Early Papers on Astrophysics and Hydrodynamics III. Statistical Mechanics IV. Polarons and Solitons Volume 2 V. Quantum Field Theory VI. Symmetry Principles Volume 3 VII. Discrete Physics VIII. Strong Interaction Models IX. Historical Papers X. Gravity (Continuum Theory) Contents (Volume 1)* Introduction (by G. Feinberg) ............................................................ xi Bibliography of T.D. Lee ................................................................. xv I. Weak Interactions Commentary ................................................................... .

(Volume 1).- I. Weak Interactions.- Commentary.- [1] Interaction of Mesons with Nucleons and Light Particles.- [29] Capture of µ? Mesons by Protons.- [30] Possible Nonlocal Effects in µ Decay.- [31] General Partial Wave Analysis of the Decay of a Hyperon of Spin 1/2.- [33] Theoretical Implications of Parity Violations in Beta Interactions.- [35] Possible Determination of the Spin of ?0 from Its Large Decay Angular Asymmetry.- [36] Effect of the Hyperfine Splitting of a µ? Mesic Atom on Its Lifetime.- [38] Weak Interactions and Nonconservation of Parity.- [50] Theoretical Discussions on Possible High Energy Neutrino Experiments.- [51] Implications of the Intermediate Boson Basis of the Weak Interactions: Existence of a Quartet of Intermediate Bosons and Their Dual Isotopic Spin Transformation Properties.- [53] Elementary Particles.- [56] Production Cross Section of Intermediate Bosons by Neutrinos in the Coulomb Field of Protons and Iron.- [58] High-energy Neutrino Experiments.- [60] High-energy Neutrino Reactions without Production of Intermediate Bosons.- [61] A Theory of Charged Vector Mesons Interacting with the Electromagnetic Field.- [62] Application of ?-Limiting Process to Intermediate Bosons.- [62a] Errata to “Application of ?-Limiting Process to Intermediate Bosons”.- [67] Intensity of Upward Muon Flux Due to Cosmic Ray Neutrinos Produced in the Atmosphere.- [68] Electromagnetic Form Factor of the Neutrinos.- [70] A Possible Method of Determining the Moment of Charge of the ve.- [71] Radiative Corrections to Electromagnetic Moments and Leptonic Decays of the Intermediate Boson W.- [84] Weak Interactions (Chapters 1–7).- [95] Weak Interactions (Chapters 8–9).- [95a] Corrections to “Weak Interactions” (Chapters 1–9).- [115] Analysis ofDivergences in a Neutral-Spin-1-Meson Theory with Parity-Nonconserving Interactions.- [124] Remarks on the $$\left| {\Delta \vec{I}} \right|{\text{ = }}\frac{1}{2}$$ Rule in Nonleptonic Weak Decays.- [138] High Energy Electromagnetic and Weak Interaction Processes.- II. Early Papers on Astrophysics and Hydrodynamics.- Commentary.- [2] Hydrogen Content and Energy-productive Mechanism of White Dwarfs.- [3] Note on the Coefficient of Eddy Viscosity in Isotopic Turbulence.- [5] Difference between Turbulence in a Two-dimensional Fluid and in a Three-dimensional Fluid.- III. Statistical Mechanics.- Commentary.- [7] Statistical Theory of Equations of State and Phase Transitions. I. Theory of Condensation.- [8] Statistical Theory of Equations of State and Phase Transitions. II. Lattice Gas and Ising Model.- [23] Many-body Problem in Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Statistical Mechanics.- [26] Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions of a Bose System of Hard Spheres and Its Low-temperature Properties.- [42] Low-temperature Behavior of a Dilute Bose System of Hard Spheres. I. Equilibrium Properties.- [43] Low-temperature Behavior of a Dilute Bose System of Hard Spheres. II. Non-equilibrium Properties.- [44] Possible Determination of the Helicity of Elementary Excitations in Liquid He II.- [45] Many-body Problem in Quantum Statistical Mechanics. I. General Formulation.- [46] Many-body Problem in Quantum Statistical Mechanics. II. Virial Expansion for Hard-sphere Gas.- [47] Many-body Problem in Quantum Statistical Mechanics. III. Zero-temperature Limit for Dilute Hard Spheres.- [48] Many-body Problem in Quantum Statistical Mechanics. IV. Formulation in Terms of Average Occupation Number in Momentum Space.- [49] Many-body Problem in Quantum Statistical Mechanics. V. Degenerate Phase in Bose—Einstein Condensation.- IV. Polarons and Solitons.- Commentary.- [9] Motion of Slow Electrons in Polar Crystals.- [10] The Motion of Slow Electrons in Polar Crystals.- [11] Interaction of a Nonrelativistic Particle with a Scalar Field with Application to Slow Electrons in Polar Crystals.- [157] Quantum Expansion of Soliton Solutions.- [159] A Class of Scalar-field Soliton Solutions in Three Space Dimensions.- [162] Gauge-field Nontopological Solitons in Three Space Dimensions. I.- [163] Gauge-field Nontopological Solitons in Three Space Dimensions. II.- [164] Nontopological Solitons.- [165] Fermion-field Nontopological Solitons. I.- [167] Fermion-field Nontopological Solitons. II. Models for Hadrons.- [168] Nontopological Solitons and Applications to Hadrons.- Permissions.