Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-56).

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-184).

La double approche pratique et théorique de cette thèse reflète le caractère paradoxal du mot allemand "unheimlich" qui décrit une sensation ambiguë entre étrangeté et familiarité. À ceci correspond la définition donnée par Freud, selon laquelle l'effrayant de l'"Unheimlich" « remonte au depuis longtemps connu, depuis longtemps familier». Nous retrouvons cet aspect familier au cœur de l'adjectif "unheimlich" dans la syllabe "heim" qui signifie « chez-soi». Dans la traduction française « inquiétante étrangeté», cette signification se perd. L'ancrage de l'"Unheimlich" dans l'entre-deux amène une indécidabilité (Derrida), voire un constant passage ou aller-retour. Par conséquent, il a toujours échappé à une conceptualisation et apparaît aujourd'hui comme un « non-concept» (Masschelein). Cependant, l'"Unheimlich" est de plus en plus souvent mis en relation avec l'art, ce dont témoignent les nombreuses expositions qui s'y sont récemment consacrées. Serait-ce alors dans l'art que l'"Unheimlich" trouve son véritable "Heim" ? Selon notre hypothèse centrale, il serait à l'œuvre dans l'art lorsque celui-ci s'avère être auto-réflexif et illimité. Différents « passages» nous guident dans notre approche du cœur "unheimlich" d'une pratique artistique personnelle hantée par la mort, l'origine, les doubles, l'Ange de l'Histoire (Benjamin), une rencontre impossible avec un Autre-moi et par des « lettres volées» de la langue allemande. Située entre photographie et installation, cette pratique témoigne du caractère hybride de l'art actuel qui semble être devenu « étranger à lui-même» (Kristeva). Les travaux personnels reflètent-ils l'entre-deux "unheimlich" qui nous inquiète, mais qui peut aussi nous enchanter ? Ou alors, l'"Unheimlich" serait-il irreprésentable, renvoyant à un au-delà des images ? / The double (theoretical and practical) approach of this thesis reflects the paradoxical nature of the German word "unheimlich" which describes an ambiguous feeling between strangeness and familiarity. Correspondingly, Freud states that the terrifying of the "Unheimlich" « leads back to something long known to us, once very familiar ». The syllable "heim" «( home ») in the middle of the adjective "unheimlich" reflects this aspect of familiarity which is lost in the French translation « inquiétante étrangeté» (as well as in the English « uncanny »), The "Unheimlich's" anchorage in the in- between involves an undecidability (Derrida), a constant passage or to-and-fro, Therefore it has always escaped a stringent conceptualization and appears today as an « unconcept » (Masschelein). However, more and more the "Unheimlich" is being connected with art as is evident from the numerous exhibitions recently devoted to it. Could it be then that it founds its real "Heim" in art ? According to my main hypothesis, the "Unheimlich" is at work in art when it turns out to be self-reflexive and unlimited. Different « passages» guide our approach to the "unheimlich" heart of my own art practice haunted by death, origins, doubles, the « Angel of History » (Benjamin), an impossible encounter with an Other-me and the «purloined letters » of the German language. Located between photography and installation, this practice gives an account of the hybrid nature of current art which seems to have become a « stranger to itself» (Kristeva). Do the personal works that we compare to other artist's works, reflect the "unheimlich" in-between that disturbs, but also can delight us? Or could the "Unheimlic"h tum out to be unrepresentable, referring to a quality that goes beyond images ?

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-114).

The inclusive production of the neutral strange particles, Λ, Λ and K0S , has been studied with the ZEUS detector at HERA. The measurement provides a way to understand the fragmentation process in ep collisions and to check the universality of this process. The strangeness cross sections have been measured and compared with Monte Carlo (MC) predictions. Over the kinematic regions of interest, no Λ to Λ asymmetry was observed. The relative yield of Λ and K0S was determined and the result was compared with MC calculations and results from other experiments. A good agreement was found except for the enhancement in the photoproduction process. Clear rapidity correlation was observed for particle pairs where either quark flavor or baryon number compensation occurs. The K0SK0S Bose-Einstein correlation measurement gives a result consistent with those from LEP measurements. The Λ polarizations were measured to be consistent with zero for HERA I data.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Vita. Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (167-169).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 178-186).