Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh, Fluids, and Noncommuting Fields
History and Philosophy of Physics
2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh and his work are recalled; the connection between fluid mechanics -- his last research topic -- and noncommuting gauge fields is explained.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0209108,
title = {Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh, Fluids, and Noncommuting Fields},
author = {R. Jackiw},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0209108},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
9 pp., 1 photo, using LaTeX and BoxedEPSF macros; email to jackiw@lns.mit.edu; O'Raifeartaigh Memorial Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, September 2002