Paul Frampton

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Paul Frampton, Rubin Professor.
Paul Frampton, Rubin Professor.

Paul Frampton (born October 31, 1943 in England) is a theoretical physicist active in the fields of high energy physics and cosmology. He is Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Physics[1] at the University of North Carolina and best known for model building.

Dr. Frampton received BA (double first), MA and DPhil degrees from the University of Oxford as Hulme Open Scholar then Senior Hulme Scholar of Brasenose College; later he was conferred an Oxford DSc degree. He published papers both in mathematical formalism and in construction of physical models; his journal articles appeared principally in Physical Review,Physics Letters and Physical Review Letters. Dr. Frampton has lectured about physics in 30 countries on all continents [2] except Antarctica, and is the author of almost 400 articles.

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[edit] Research

In formal research he provided the first correct calculation of vacuum decay in quantum field theory[3]. With Thomas Kephart he explicitly calculated[4] the chiral anomaly in ten-dimensional gauge field theory thereby making an early contribution towards the first superstring revolution.

His phenomenology research produced two extensions of the standard model. They are the chiral color model with Sheldon Glashow [5] which predicts axigluons; and his 331 model[6] which can explain the number of quark-lepton generations and predicts bileptons. Bileptons and axigluons serve as targets of opportunity for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Having co-authored papers with Sheldon Glashow, Dr. Frampton's Erdős number is equal to three[7].

In cosmology research, Dr. Frampton proposed with Lauris Baum a cyclic model[8] that uses dark energy and makes a prediction about its equation of state which can be tested both by Planck and by SNAP. He invoked entropy arguments to suggest that massive dark matter black holes await discovery in halos by high longevity gravitational microlensing events.

Dr. Frampton was the author of a book on string theory[9] when it was still known by the name dual resonance models and followed that with a monograph[10] on gauge field theories.

His 60th birthday festschrift La Belle Epoche of High Energy Physics and Cosmology[11] included contributions by three Nobel prizewinners in physics.

[edit] Administration

Dr. Frampton helped initiate ten annual Workshops on Grand Unification (WOGUs) and organized the 1st WOGU (UNH, 1980), 3rd WOGU (UNC, 1982), and Last WOGU (UNC, 1989). In 1989 the WOGU series was suspended until proton decay is discovered. Broader topics are covered in the Particles, Strings and Cosmology (PASCOS) series initiated by Dr. Pran Nath. Dr. Frampton organized the 8th PASCOS (UNC, 2001) [12] and in 2009 the 15th PASCOS will be organized at DESY.

He was the Project Director appointed by Governor James G. Martin to lead a team which prepared a site proposal for the ten-billion-dollar Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) in North Carolina (NC). The NC site was short-listed but not chosen in 1988. After investing billions in a Texas site, the SSC project was cancelled in 1993. The NC site proposal is on exhibit at the National Museum of American History [13]. Dr. Frampton drafted the science section which favored the SSC in the platform of the 1988 Republican National Convention. It was said[14] to be the lengthiest and most detailed science plank either party had authored in recent history and showed up in speeches about SSC by President George H.W. Bush.

[edit] Research publications

  • P. H. Frampton, Dual Resonance Models, Frontiers in Physics, Benjamin (1974), Second Edition, World Scientific Publishing Company (1986).
  • P.H. Frampton, Gauge Field Theories, Frontiers in Physics, Addison-Wesley (1986), Second Edition, Wiley (2000), Third Edition, Wiley (2008).
  • P.H. Frampton, Vacuum Instability and Higgs Scalar Mass, Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 1378 (1976); Phys. Rev. D15, 2922 (1977).
  • P.H. Frampton & T.W. Kephart, Anomalies in Higher Dimensions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 1343, 1347 (1983); Phys. Rev. D28, 1010 (1983).
  • P.H. Frampton & S.L. Glashow, Chiral Color: Alternative to the Standard Model, Phys. Lett. 190B, 157 (1987); Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 2168 (1987).
  • P.H. Frampton, Chiral Dilepton Model and the Flavor Question, Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 2889 (1992).
  • L. Baum and P.H. Frampton, Turnaround in Cyclic Cosmology, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 071301 (2007).

[edit] Administrative publications

  • First Workshop on Grand Unification, Editors: P.H. Frampton, S.L. Glashow and A. Yildiz. Math Sci Press, Brookline (1980).
  • Third Workshop on Grand Unification, Editors: P.H. Frampton, S.L. Glashow and H. van Dam. Birkhauser (1982).
  • Last Workshop on Grand Unification, Editor: P.H. Frampton. World Scientific Publishing Company (1989).
  • Eighth International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology (PASCOS), Editors: P.H. Frampton and Y.J. Ng. Rinton Press (2001).
  • North Carolina site proposal for superconducting super collider: Volumes 1. Executive summary, 2. Offer, financial and other incentives, 3. Geology and tunneling, 4. Regional resources, 5. Environment, 6. Setting, 7. Regional conditions, 8. Utilities, 9. Map supplement. Submitted by the office of the Governor to the U.S. Department of Energy (1987).
  • Republican party platform, adopted by the Republican National convention in New Orleans on August 16, 1988.
  • La Belle Epoque of High Energy Physics and Cosmology, Editors: T. Curtright, S. Mintz and A. Perlmutter, World Scientific Publishing Company (2004).

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Professorship. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2008-01-07). Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  2. ^ Frampton, Paul H. (2008-01-17). List of talks. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  3. ^ Frampton, Paul H. (1976-11-22). "Vacuum Instability and Higgs Scalar Mass" (subscription required). Physical Review Letters 37 (21): 1378–1380. The American Physical Society. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.1378. 
  4. ^ Frampton, Paul H.; Thomas W. Kephart (1983-05-02). "Explicit Evaluation of Anomalies in Higher Dimensions" (subscription required). Physical Review Letters 50 (18): 1343–1346. The American Physical Society. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1343. 
  5. ^ Frampton, Paul H.; Sheldon L. Glashow (1987-05-21). "Chiral color: An alternative to the standard model". Physics Letters B 190 (1-2): 157–161. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(87)90859-8. 
  6. ^ Frampton, Paul H. (1992-05-29). "Chiral dilepton model and the flavor question" (subscription required). Physical Review Letters 69 (20): 2889–2891. The American Physical Society. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2889. 
  7. ^ Grossman, Jerry (2007-02-28). Erdos2. The Erdös Number Project. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  8. ^ Baum, Lauris; Frampton Paul H. (2007-02-16). "Turnaround in cyclic cosmology". Physical Review Letters 98 (7). The American Physical Society. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.071301. 
  9. ^ Frampton, Paul H. (1974). Dual resonance models. W. A. Benjamin. ISBN 978-0805325812. 
  10. ^ Frampton, Paul H. (1985). Gauge field theories. ISBN 978-0471347835. 
  11. ^ Curtright, Thomas; Mintz, Stephan; Perlmutter, Arnold. La Belle Epoche of High Energy Physics and Cosmology. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.
  12. ^ PASCOS 2001. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  13. ^ Superconducting Super Collider electromagnet prototype on exhibit in Science in American Life, 1994. Smithsonian Institute Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  14. ^ http://www.physics.unc.edu/~frampton/Press/Science1.jpg

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