MyEncounterswithDaveJackson

TheTextBookNovember1974EPSatPalermo1975ARNPS1988–1993QuiggFest2009atFNALLuthFest2010atSLAC

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TheTextBook

Likemanyphysicists,IhadmyfirstencounterwithDaveJacksontakingatwo-semestercoarseonE&M;asa3rdyearstudentatU.Heidelberg.

Ratherthanatradi^onalGermantextbookbyA.SommerfeldorbyLandau&Lifshitz,therecommendedcoursebookwasthe1stedi^onofClassicalElectrodynamicsbyJ.D.Jackson.

TheelegantMaxwell’sequa^onsareachallengetoalmostallphysicsstudents,andsowasthistextbook.Butlikenoothercourse,Ienjoyedtheexperienceofsolvingtheproblemsetsandgraduallyunderstandingmoreandmore.

Overtheyears,Ihaveconsultedthistextbookfrom^meto^me,ofenfindingaproblemsetsratherthananswerstomyques^on.

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2010

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ThesurpriseofNovember10,1974

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On11/10theSLAC-LBLCollabora^ondiscoveredaverynarrowresonanceatSPEARat~3.105GeV.WedecidedtocallΨ!!Noneofushadanideawhatiswas?Itdecayedtohadrons,whatwasthewidth?DaveJacksonworkeditoutovernight:

EPSConferenceonHEPinPalermo1975The1975EPSConferenceinPalermowasthefirstInterna^onalMee^ngaferNov.1974,withresultsreportedby-S.TingDiscoveryoftheJ-V.LüthQuantumNumberandDecayModes

ofΨ(3095) andΨ(3684)

-G.Feldmane+e-annihila^ontoHadronsatSPEAR   (includinganomalousleptonproduc^on,   evidenceintheannihila^onofe+e-into

  qqwithhelicity1fragmen^ngintohadrons

Thiswasthefirst^me,Ihadachancetodiscusstheexci^ngnewresultswith

DaveJackson,SamTingandmanyothers.

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1975

AttheConference:DiscussionwithDaveJacksonandGaryFeldmanFollowedby-anexcursiontobeach!-atripwithK.GoulianoustotheValleyoftheTemplesinAgrigento

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EPSConferenceonHEPinPalermo1975

1975

AnnualReviewsofNuclearandPar^clePhysics

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ARNPSisoneof46volumespublishedyearly,offeringcomprehensive,^melycollec^onsofcri^calreviewswrimenbyleadingscien^stsinthefieldsofBiomedical,Life,Physical,SocialSciencesandEconomics!

DaveJacksonservedasARNPSEditorfor15yearsupto1993,whenChrisQuiggtookoverforthefollowing10years!In1989DaveaskedmetojoinARNPSasAssociateEditor,followingR.Schwimers.Rememberingtheoutstanding3ReviewsbyT.D.LeeandC.S.Wuin1965/66,Iaccepted,notreallyknowingwhatthistaskwas!

Thehighlightsoftheday-longannualeditorialsessionswasthegiveandtakearguments,endinginanimpressivelistoftopicsandauthorstoberecruited.Tobefollowedbythedetailedscru^nyofthemanuscriptsandfinalproofreading.

JDJackson:"Edi^ngareviewisitsownreward–andbrowniepointssurelyaccumulateinheaven!”

C.Quigg JDJackson

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•  SoonaferDavere^redfromARNPS,hewasinvitedtopreparea”PrefatoryChapter”,whichgenerallyreferstoanautobiography.Itwaspublishedin1999.

•  Thepaperhesubmimedisareminiscenceofthefirsthalfofhislifeasaphysicist,whichhereferstoasthe”goldendaysofrapidandspectacularprogressonabroadfront”.“ThedeathoftheSSCin1993wasasignalthat^meshadchanged,atleastforpar^clephysics.”

•  IdonotrememberandwonderwhethertheARNPSeditorconcurredwithDave’scurtailedbiography.

SnapShotsinaPhysicist’sLife

PhotobyKurtGovried(1978)

DaveJackson’sLegacy

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J.D.Jacksonwillberememberedas-  ahighlyrespectedandprominentscien^st,reveredci^zenintheHEPcommunity-anoutstandingteacherintheclassroom,graduatestudentadvisorattheforefrontoftheore^calphysics.-  aworld-wideastheauthoroftheprincipal

textbookforClassicalE&M!-  andlastnotleast,asanavidsupporterof

womenscien^sts!

Ihaveveryfondmemoriesofmyinterac^onswithDaveJacksonandItrulyenjoyedservingasamemberoftheeditorialteamforARNPSunderDave.

Lectureonspontaneoussymmetrybreaking(QuiggFest,Dec.2009):en^tled:“Archimedes,Higgs,andFallingHoney.”