AAPPS Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies
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Year of 2005 (Volume 15)
Vol. 15 No. 1 February 2005
Words from the Editor-in Chief (PDF, 408KB)
Let Us Celebrate together the 2005 International Year of Physics (PDF, 428KB)


Cover Story

Einstein’s Impact on Theoretical Physics in the 21st Century (abstract), (PDF, 1,004BKB)
Chen Ning Yang
Tsinghua University, Beijing; Chinese University, Hong Kong, China

The Electron Cyclotron Maser—Relativity in Action (abstract), (PDF, 1,539KB)
Professor K. R. Chu
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Developing Ideas about Photons: since the First Paper about Photoelectric Effect by Einstein in 1905 (abstract), (PDF, 478KB)
Professor Ming-Feng Shih
National Taiwan University, Taiwan 

The Sutherland-Einstein Equation (PDF, 535KB)
Professor  Bruce H. J. McKellar
University of Melbourne, Australia


Articles

Two-gap Superconductivity in MgB2 (abstract), (PDF, 858KB)
Heon-Jung Kim and Sung-Ik Lee
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea


Departments

Special Reports
 The Story of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (PDF, 490KB)
 The Discovery of the Weak Neutral Currents (PDF, 712KB)
 Calling Long Distance: Geneva to Italy (PDF, 556KB)
 CERN Celebrates Its 50th Birthday (PDF, 488KB)
 ICTP at 40: the Centre’s Legacy for the Future (PDF, 595KB)

Conference Reports
Summit of Physical Societies in Asia-Pacific Region and the Fourteenth AAPPS Council  (PDF, 507KB)
AAPPS Bulletin Editorial Office

News from Member Societies
Meetings & Conferences
Vol. 15 No. 2 April 2005
Highlight of the Issue

Preface (PDF, 16KB)
Michiji Konuma, Guest Editor

Impacts of Einstein's Visit on Physics in Japan (abstract) (PDF, 626KB)
Professor Hiroshi Ezawa
Science Council of Japan

How I Constructed the Theory of Relativity (Preface) (PDF, 72KB)
Albert Einstein
Translated by Masahiro Morikawa1 from the text recorded in Japanese by Jun Ishiwara
1 Masahiro Morikawa, Professor of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.

My Impressions in Japan (PDF , 23KB)
Albert Einstein
Translated by Hiroshi Ezawa, Science Council of Japan
 

Articles

Laser Science: Past, Present, and Future (abstract) (PDF, 518KB)
Y. R. Shen
Department of Physics, University of California, USA.



Cover Story (Cont. from Vol. 15 No. 1)

Einstein's Photon Hypothesis and Its Impact on Science and Technology
(abstract) (PDF, 125KB)
Kunio Tada
Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan


 

Departments

Special Reports
 Do Gamma Rays Indicate Galactic Dark Matter? (PDF, 37KB)
 The Hunt for Earth-Sized Exoplanets (PDF, 39KB)
 Laser-Driven Plasma Waves Deliver the Best Beams So Far (PDF, 72KB)
 HERA Gets Set to Demonstrate Its Full Potential (PDF, 79KB)

Special News
 The Passing of a World Class Mathematician (PDF, 62KB)
 Some Reminiscences of Professor S. S. Chern  (PDF, 48KB)


News from Member Societies
Meetings & Conferences

Vol. 15 No. 3 June 2005
Highlight of the Issue
 
Propagation-Based Phase Measurement (abstract) (PDF, 290KB)
Keith A. Nugent
School of Physics, The University of Melbourne

 
Articles

A Discussion of Roemer’s Discovery concerning the Speed of Light (abstract) (PDF, 214KB)
Yoshio Saito
Department of Electronics and Information Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan


Departments

Special Reports

 The Ice Cube at the End of the World (PDF, 141KB)
 A November Revolution: The Birth of a New Particle (PDF, 145KB)
 Signs that Black Holes Swarm at Galaxy Centre (PDF, 17KB)
 Symposium Honours Lee Teng’sCareer in Accelerator Physics (PDF, 39KB)
 Report on Round Table Discussions on Women in Physics (PDF, 165KB)

Special News
Obituary of Sergio Fubini, 1928-2005 (PDF, 22KB)

News from Member Societies
Meetings & Conferences
Vol. 15 No. 4 Auguest 2005
Highlight of the Issue

Biological Solution to the Energy Crisis  (PDF, 700KB)
Steven Chu
Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

 
Articles

Non-linear Optical Imaging: A Revolution in Biological Microscopy
(abstract) (PDF, 144KB)
Chen-Yuan Dong
Department of Physics, National Taiwan University
, Taiwan

Institution Reports

Physics at the University of Hawaii
Stephen L. Olsen
(PDF, 591KB)
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA


Departments

Special Reports
 The Submillimeter Array: Studying the Past, Pioneering the Future
(PDF, 41KB)
 SMA Confirms Proto-Planetary Systems Are Common in the Galaxy
(PDF, 229KB)
 SMA Stares into the Throat of a Cosmic Jet
(PDF, 41KB)
 Observing the Solar System in Submillimeter Wavelengths
(PDF, 32KB)
 World-wide Light Relay Honors Einstein in Asia
(PDF, 166KB)
 Minutes of the Fourteenth AAPPS Council Meeting
(PDF, 13KB)
 The AAPPS Chen Ning Yang Award
(PDF, 41KB)


News from Member Societies
Meetings & Conferences
Vol. 15 No. 5 October 2005
Highlight of the Issue

Einstein as Icon— How Einstein Became the Personification of Physics
(PDF, 137KB)
Professor John D. Barrow
Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics,
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, UK


 
Articles

Cosmology: Can the Ultimate Science Have an End?
(abstract) (PDF, 147KB)
Je-An Gu and W-Y. P. Hwang
Institute of Astrophysics and Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan


Neutrino Physics1Lothar Oberauer and Caren Hagner
 (PDF, 207KB)
Prof. Dr. Lothar Oberauer
Prof. Dr. Caren Hagner

Physik E15, TU München, Germany
Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Germany


Extended Lorentz Transformations for Accelerated Frames and the Solution of the “Two-Spaceship Paradox” (abstract) (PDF, 184KB)
Jong-Ping Hsu
Nobuhiro Suzuki

National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taiwan
Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

 
Institution Reports

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(abstract) (PDF, 349KB)
Professor A. Gurtu
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India


 
Departments

Special Reports
 Plasmons Make Light Work for Microscopy
(PDF, 28KB)
 Protons on the Doorstep of the LHC
(PDF, 116KB)
 Radio Astronomers Observe a Possible Dark-Matter Galaxy
(PDF, 21KB)
 HESS Detects Mysterious High-Energy Sources in the Milky Way
(PDF, 86KB)
 J-PARC Project Newsletter
(PDF, 105B)
 The International School on Contemporary Physics - III
(PDF, 47KB)

Special News
 Nobel Focus: Photons at the Forefront
(PDF, 18KB)

Special Announcement

 ICFA Joint Workshop on Laser-Beam Interactions and Laser and Plasma Accelerators (PDF, 34KB)


News from Member Societies
Meetings & Conferences
Vol. 15 No. 6 December 2005
Highlight of the Issue

The 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics: Quantum-mechanical Theory of Optical Coherence and Laser-based Precision Spectroscopy and Optical Frequency Comb Techniques (PDF, 192KB)
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Information Department, The Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden

Einstein´s Visit in Asia
Cont. from No. 2, Vol. 15
Michiji Konuma, Guest Editor

Einstein’s Impact on Japanese Culture (PDF, 290KB)
Kaneko Tsutomu
Professor Emeritus, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
 
Articles

High Energy Accelerator Research Organization in Japan (KEK) (PDF, 398KB)
Shoji Nagamiya
Professor, J-PARC Project Office, KEK.

Articles

Special Reports
 KamLAND Detects Geoneutrinos (PDF, 77KB)
 BaBar Collaboration Detects New Resonance  (PDF, 145KB)
 Mystery Deepens as Pentaquarks Refuse to Make an Appearance (PDF, 45KB)
 Astronomers Discover Possible 10th Planet (PDF, 98KB)
 MAGIC1 and Swift Capture GRB (PDF, 29KB)
 Swift Catches Afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts (PDF, 17KB)
 
Special Reports
 IUPAP Executive Council Meeting (PDF, 23KB)
 IUPAP Executive Council and Commission Chairs Meeting (PDF, 43KB)
 Decisions Related to C12 at the Fall C & CC and the General Assembly Meetings (PDF, 20KB)

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