Modern Application of Symmetry Principles to High Energy Physics

Dear Colleagues,

The notion of symmetry is one of the most fundamental and important conceptions in the fundamental science in general and, especially, in the modern high energy physics. At present it is definitely confirmed that the symmetry is the essential part of the observational structure of nature. Experimental and theoretical studies show that the change of behavior of some symmetries at extreme external conditions open the wide room for qualitatively new phenomena. For instance, the restoration of the chiral symmetry of strong interactions at finite temperature is one of the main topics of the world physics program with heavy ion beams. The symmetry has a very deep relation with phase transition in high energy physics for both the strong interaction and the electroweak sector. The investigation of higher symmetries is promising tool for unification of the fundamental interactions and search for the physics beyond of the Standard Model. Application of various symmetries in modern high energy physics is the point of contact for the deep symbiosis between mathematics and the investigation of the physical universe, especially, for far-reaching of topological view of the fundamental interactions and phenomena at the corresponding phase transitions.

Prof. Dr. Vitalii A. Okorokov
Guest Editor

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