Asymptotic freedom
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Prof. Frank Wilczek accepted the invitation on 11 February 2009 (self-imposed deadline: 1 February 2011).
Asymptotic freedom refers to the decrease in strength of interactions at short distances. It occurs in some special kinds of quantum field theories. It is also observed to be a property of the interactions among quarks and gluons in reality.
