Eyvind Wichmann
Eyvind Hugo Wichmann (born May 30, 1928 in Stockholm ; † February 16, 2019 in Berkeley ) was an American theoretical physicist .
Life
Wichmann studied in Finland (technical college, graduation 1950) and at Columbia University with a master's degree in 1953 and a doctorate in 1956. From 1955 to 1957 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study . In 1957 he became an Assistant Professor and in 1967 Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley . In 1993 he retired.
He dealt with quantum field theory and quantum electrodynamics (both in concrete problems of particle physics and in Axiomatic QFT , in which he suggested a connection to Tomita-Takesaki theory in 1975 ) and was known as the author of the volume quantum physics in the Berkeley physics course.
He was a member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences . From 1961 to 1963 he was a Sloan Research Fellow . He was a fellow of the American Physical Society .
Fonts
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Quantum Physics . Berkeley Physics Course, Volume 4, McGraw Hill, 1971.
- German edition: Quantum Physics. 3rd edition, Vieweg, 1989.
literature
- Bert Schroer : Modular Theory and Eyvind Wichmann's Contributions to modern Particle Physics Theory. 1999, Arxiv
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science . Thomson Gale, 2004.
- ↑ Remembering Eyvind Hugo Wichmann, 1928-2019. Department of Physics, UC Berkeley, March 5, 2019, accessed March 20, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wichmann, Eyvind |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wichmann, Eyvind Hugo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theoretical physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th February 2019 |
| Place of death | Berkeley |