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On Pauli's invention of non-abelian Kaluza-Klein Theory in 1953
N. Straumann
There are documents which show that Wolfgang Pauli developed in 1953 the first consistent generalization of the five-dimensional theory of Kaluza, Klein, Fock and others to a highe…
".. I didn't reflect much on what I was doing.." How Planck discovered his radiation formula
Domenico Giulini, Norbert Straumann
On December 14. 1900, Max Planck communicated his derivation of his radiation formula, which he later called ``an act of desperation''. This date is widely recognized as birthday o…
On Wolfgang Pauli's most important contributions to physics
Norbert Straumann
After some brief biographical notes, Wolfgang Pauli's main contributions to general relativity, quantum theory, quantum field theory, and elementary particle physics are reviewed.…
On the mystery of the cosmic vacuum energy density
Norbert Straumann
After a short history of the -term it is explained why the (effective) cosmological constant is expected to obtain contributions from short-distance physics, corresponding to an…
The mystery of cosmological vacuum energy density and the accelerated expansion of the universe
Domenico Giulini, Norbert Straumann
The principles of General Relativity allow for a non-vanishing cosmological constant, which can possibly be interpreted at least partially in terms of quantum-fluctuations of matte…
Reflections on Gravity
Norbert Straumann
A pedagogical description of a simple ungeometrical approach to General Relativity is given, which follows the pattern of well understood field theories, such as electrodynamics. T…