John Black
John Henry Schwarz (born November 22, 1941 in North Adams , Massachusetts ) is an American theoretical physicist . Together with Michael Green he is considered to be the father of super string theory .
Life
Schwarz studied at Harvard University (Bachelor in 1962) and received his doctorate in 1966 from the University of California, Berkeley . He then went to Princeton University , initially as an instructor and lecturer, and from 1969 as an assistant professor. In 1972 he went to Caltech as a researcher (Research Associate, from 1981 Senior Research Associate). In 1985 he became a professor there. From 1989 he was there Harold Brown Professor of Theoretical Physics. He was visiting professor at the École normal supérieure (1978/79), at Queen Mary College in London (1983, with Green), at the University of California, Santa Barbara (1986, 1993, 1998) and at Rutgers University (1995). From 1982 he was a member of the Aspen Center of Physics .
For many years he was one of the few physicists who practiced string theory as a possible unified theory of interactions (including gravity). His work with Michael Green on the quantum theory of superstrings with the Green-Schwarz mechanism of the cancellation of anomalies in superstring theory led to the so-called First Superstring Revolution of 1984 , which did much to ensure that string theory found its way into the mainstream of theoretical physics.
In 2002 he received the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics and in 1989 the Dirac Medal (ICTP) . In 1986 he was a Fellow of the American Physical Society and in 1987 a MacArthur Fellow . He has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1997 and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2007 . For 2014 he was awarded the Physics Frontiers Prize and the Fundamental Physics Prize .
Fonts
- with Michael Boris Green , Edward Witten : Superstring Theory . 2 volumes. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- 1. Introduction . Cambridge [u. a.], ISBN 0-521-32384-3 , ISBN 0-521-35752-7 .
- 2. Loop amplitudes, anomalies and phenomenology . Cambridge [u. a.], ISBN 0-521-32999-X , ISBN 0-521-35753-5 .
- with Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker: String Theory and M Theory - a modern introduction . Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- String theory - the early years . 2000, arxiv : hep-th / 0007118
- with Nathan Seiberg: String theory, unification, supersymmetry and all that . 1998. arxiv : hep-th / 9803179
- The second superstring revolution . 1996. arxiv : hep-th / 9607067
Web links
- Heineman Prize biography (English)
- Interview with John Schwarz - English
- Biography at the APS
- Videos by and about John Schwarz in the AV portal of the Technical Information Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography at California Institute of Technology. (PDF; 24 kB) Accessed December 12, 2009 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Black, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Black, John H .; Black, John Henry (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theoretical physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North Adams (Massachusetts) , USA |