Jacques Villain
Jacques Villain (born March 13, 1934 ) is a French theoretical physicist at the Center for Atomic Energy (CEA) in Grenoble and a member of the Académie des Sciences .
Life
Jacques Villain studied physics at the École normal supérieure , conducted research at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, was director of the institute at Forschungszentrum Jülich from 1984 to 1988 and has been director of research at the CEA since 1996 . In 2000 he was elected to the Académie des Sciences .
research
His scientific work focuses on statistical physics , solid state physics and surface physics . His contributions to the theory of crystal growth and atomic dynamics on surfaces, low-dimensional magnetism and spatially modulated, commensurable and incommensurable structures in solids are particularly noteworthy .
I.a. he received the Paul Langevin Prize in 1962 and the Prix Jean Ricard in 1985 .
Fonts (selection)
- Theoretical and experimental studies on one-dimensional magnets. In: Advances in Physics , Vol. 25 (1976), Issue 2, pp. 87-209 (together with M. Steiner and CG Windsor) doi : 10.1080 / 00018737600101372
- Continuum models of crystal growth from atomic beams with and without desorption. In: Journal de Physique , Vol. 1 (1991), Issue 1, pp. 19-42, ISSN 1155-4304 doi : 10.1051 / jp1: 1991114
- Physics of crystal growth (Collection Aléa-Saclay; Vol. 4). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1998, ISBN 0-521-55855-7 (together with Alberto Pimpinelli).
- Le kaléidoscope de la physique , Belin, 2014, ISBN 978-2-7011-6487-8 (together with Attilio Rigamonti and Andrey Varlamov).
Web links
- Tribute to Villain. Académie des Sciences(French). (contains link to CV from 2008)
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| SURNAME | Villain, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1934 |