a symposium 100 years after the Nobel prize 

Zeeman, Lorentz & the electron

Friday 11 October, 2002 program starts 10 AM --> time table Gorlaeus Laboratory Einsteinweg 55, Leiden --> how to get there Free Admission --> historical background

S. Haroche (Paris) Atomic physics 100 years after Lorentz & Zeeman: Testing ground for the physics of quantum information A.J. Kox (UvA) Zeeman's discovery & Lorentz's theory of electrons M.J.G. Veltman (UvA) Was Lorentz our first particle physicist? F. Wilczek (MIT) Evolution of the concept of particle & the origin of mass

Organizing Committee: C.W.J. Beenakker, F.A. Berends, P.H. Kes, J.M.J. van Leeuwen, H.B. van Linden van den Heuvell

Sponsors: Lorentz Foundation, Leiden Institute of Physics, Pieter Zeeman Foundation, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Elsevier Science, FOM, Physica Foundation