Alexander Zamolodchikov
Alexander Borissowitsch Zamolodchikov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Замоло́дчиков; born September 18, 1952) is a Russian physicist, known for his contributions to condensed matter physics, conformal field theory, and string theory.
Biography
Born in Novo-Ivankovo, now part of Dubna, Zamolodchikov earned a M.Sc. in nuclear engineering (1975) from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, a Ph.D. in physics from the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (1978). He joined the research staff of Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (1978) where he got an honorary doctorate (1983).
He co-authored the famous paper Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory,[1] with Alexander Polyakov and Alexander Belavin.[1][2]
He joined Rutgers University (1990) where he co-founded Rutgers New High Energy Theory Center, and was named Board of Governors Professor (2005).[3]
He is the twin brother of the late Alexei Zamolodchikov (1952–2007), also a noted physicist.[4]
Awards
- 1999: Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics with Barry M. McCoy and Tai Tsun Wu for "their groundbreaking and penetrating work on classical statistical mechanics, integrable models and conformal field theories."
- 2003/4: Humboldt Prize
- 2005: Blaise Pascal Chair at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris
- 2011: Lars Onsager Prize, together with Alexander Belavin and Alexander Polyakov, " for the remarkable ideas that they introduced concerning conformal field theory and soluble models of statistical mechanics in two dimensions."
See also
References
- 1 2 Belavin AA; Polyakov AM; Zamolodchikov AB (1984). "Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory". Nucl. Phys. B 241 (2): 333–80. Bibcode:1984NuPhB.241..333B. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(84)90052-X.
- ↑ "Princeton celebrates Polyakov's 60th". CERN Courier (March 1): 2. 2006.
- ↑ Alexander Zamolodchikov Named Board of Governors Professor of Physics
- ↑ Alexei Zamolodchikov 1952–2007 from CERN (January 1, 2008)
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