Proceedings of the Julian Schwinger Centennial Conference : 7-12 February 2018, National University of Singapore

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3. Remarks on the Abraham-Minkowski problem, in relation to recent radiation pressure experiments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dielectric model -- 3. Conductive model -- 4. Statics and dynamics of the circular plate -- 4.1. Statics -- 4.2. Dynamics -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Relationship to the Casimir effect -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4. Manifest non-locality in quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and quantum gravity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quantum Theory and Quantum Spacetime -- 2.1. Modular variables -- 2.2. Modular space and geometry of quantum theory -- 2.3. Born geometry 3. From Modular Spacetime to Quantum Gravity -- 3.1. Intrinsic non-commutativity in metastring theory -- 4. Effective Quantum Fields and Manifest Non-locality -- 4.1. Non-local excitations: Metaparticles -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5. Unruh acceleration radiation revisited -- Ia. Introduction: Dedication -- Ib. Introduction: Overview -- II. Quantum Optics Route to Obtaining Unruh Radiation in Minkowski Coordinates -- IIa. Accelerating atom in a vacuum -- IIb. Excitation of a Static Atom by the Rindler Vacuum III. Acceleration radiation and the equivalence principle using Unruh-Minkowski modes -- IIIa. Accelerating atom -- IIIb. Accelerating mirror -- IV. Acceleration Radiation and the Equivalence Principle -- V. The "Bogoliubov" Path to Unruh Radiation -- VI. Periodicity Trick for Unruh Temperature -- VII. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6. Non-thermal fixed points: Universal dynamics far from equilibrium -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Non-thermal fixed points -- 3. Kinetic theory of non-thermal fixed points -- 3.1. Properties of the scattering integral and the T-matrix 3.2. Scaling analysis of the kinetic equation -- 4. Low-energy effective field theory -- 4.1. Spatio-temporal scaling -- 4.2. Scaling solution -- 4.3. The case of a single-component gas, N = 1 -- 4.4. Relation to predictions of the non-perturbative kinetic theory -- 5. Wave-turbulent transport -- 6. Topological defects vs. the role of fluctuations -- 6.1. Defect dominated fixed points -- 6.2. Fluctuation dominated fixed points -- 7. Prescaling -- 8. Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7. Baryon isospin mass splittings -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Baryon Basis and Interactions -- 3. Baryon Masses.