Edward A. Remler - Professor of Physics
Physics Department, College
of William and Mary
B.S., M.I.T., 1955
M.S., Columbia University, 1960
PhD, University of North Carolina,
1963
Until a few years ago, my work centered on the scattering theory of
the many body problem, with special emphasis on applications to relativistic
nuclear physics. The central theme in this work was the quasi-classical
description provided by the method of Wigner transforms. These transforms
give quantum mechanics a classical guise. Using this, quantum mechanics
could be correctly applied, for the first time, to the quasi-classical
approximations typically used to describe complex collisions.
The major publications describing these results are follows:
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Composite Particle Cross Sections from the Density Operator. Annals
of Physics 136, 293 (1981).
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Maximum Entropy production in Heavy Ion Collisions Phys. Lett. 173B
382 (1986).
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Phase Space Calculations of Composite Particle Production, In 'The
Physics of Phase Space', Ed. Y. S. Kim and Verlag, 8erlin, 1987
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Solution of The Quantum Liouville Equation as a Stochastic Process,
Annals of Physics 180, 152 (1987).
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Simulation of Multiparticle Dynamics, Annals of Physics 202, 351(1990)
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Nuclear Dynamics in The Wigner Representation, A. Bonasera, V. N.
Kondratyev, A. Smerzi and E.Remler Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 505 (1993).
In addition, I began an inquiry into classical string models of relativistic
heavy ion collisions. It is described in
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Redefinition of the hadronic string, Acta Physica Polonica 823 529
(1992).
The last few years have been devoted to other studies which have long been
of interest to me: the history, philosophy and cultural impact of science
and technology. I have been writing a book with the working title The Origin
and Meaning of the Scientific Worldview. I have put the book's
Introduction on the WEB and would welcome any comments
about it via e-mail.
eareml@mail.wm.edu
Last updated: 8/8/00