Mikhail Iossifowitsch Kaznelson

Michail Kaznelson (2013)

Michail Iossifowitsch Kaznelson ( Russian Михаил Иосифович Кацнельсон , in English transcription Mikhail Katsnelson ; born August 10, 1957 in Magnitogorsk ) is a Russian-Dutch theoretical solid-state physicist. He is a professor at Radboud University Nijmegen .

Katsnelson studied at the State University of the Ural Region in Sverdlovsk with a diploma in theoretical physics in 1977 (oscillations of the inhomogeneous electron plasma in WKB approximation) and received his doctorate there in 1980 under Sergei Wonsowski at the Institute of Metal Physics (instabilities of the energy spectrum of electrons and elementary excitations in the sd -Exchange model and polar models of a crystal). In 1985 he completed his habilitation (Russian doctorate, topic: strong electron correlations in transition metals and their alloys) and in 1991 he became a professor, which he remained until 2001. Since 1994 he has been a professor at Radboud University. There he heads the group for theoretical solid state physics.

He deals with quantum mechanical many-body theory , strongly correlated systems and quantum theory of magnetism and with graphs . Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov , who received the Nobel Prize for work on graphene, stayed with him in Nijmegen for a time. He is considered one of the leading theorists in graph research and was involved in many important publications, including with Geim and Novoselov, such as the prediction of the small paradox (small tunneling) in graphs, the ripple formation of graphs at finite temperature and the change in its electrical properties when stretched.

In 2013 he received the Spinoza Prize , the highest Dutch science award , and an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council . In 2016 he received the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics . In 2011 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion and in 2012 an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University . In 1988 he received the Lenin Komsomol Prize in the USSR, a state prize for young scientists. He is a member of the Academia Europaea .

From 2002 to 2004 he was visiting professor in Uppsala.

In 1991 he edited selected works by Semjon Schubin with Wonsowski at Nauka .

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Books:

with Wonsowski: Quantum Solid State Physics. Springer Verlag, 1989 (Russian edition Nauka 1983)
Graphene: carbon in two dimensions. Cambridge University Press, 2012
The physics of graphene , 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press 2020

He also wrote various Russian textbooks (on mechanics, the theory of relativity, elementary particle physics / nuclear physics) and monographs (on lattice dynamics and exchange interaction theory of magnetism) as well as on the philosophy of science.

Some essays:

with A. Fasolino: Graphene as a prototype crystalline membrane. In: Accounts Chem. Res. Volume 46, 2013, pp. 97-105, doi: 10.1021 / ar300117 , arxiv : 1302.1385 .
with MAH Vozmediano, F. Guinea: Gauge fields in graphene. In: Physics Reports. Volume 496, 2010, p. 109, arxiv : 1003.5179 .
with V.Yu. Irkhin, L. Chioncel, AI Lichtenstein, RA de Groot: Half-metallic ferromagnets: From band structure to many-body effects. In: Rev. Mod. Phys. Volume 80, 2008, pp. 315-378, doi: 10.1103 / RevModPhys.80.315 , arxiv : 0711.0872 .
with SY Savrasov, A. Toropova, AI Lichtenstein, V. Antropov, G. Kotliar: Electronic structure and magnetic properties of solids. In: Z. f. Crystallography. Volume 220, 2005, pp. 473-488, doi: 10.1524 / zkri.220.5.473.65072 , arxiv : cond-mat / 0409704 .
with Konstantin Novoselov , Andre Geim , SV Morozov, D. Jiang, IV Grigorieva, SV Dubonos, AA Firsov: Two-dimensional gas of massless Dirac fermions in graphene. In: Nature . Volume 438, 2005, pp. 197-200, doi: 10.1038 / nature04233 , arxiv : cond-mat / 0509330 .
Graphene: carbon in two dimensions. In: Materials Today. Volume 10, 2007, pp. 20-27, doi: 10.1016 / S1369-7021 (06) 71788-6 , arxiv : cond-mat / 0612534 .
with KS Novoselov, AK Geim: Chiral tunneling and the Klein paradox in graphene. In: Nature Physics. Volume 2, 2006, pp. 620-625, doi: 10.1038 / nphys384 , arxiv : cond-mat / 0604323 .
with KS Novoselov, E. McCann, SV Morozov, VI Fal'ko, U. Zeitler, D. Jiang, F. Schedin, AK Geim: Unconventional Quantum Hall Effect and Berry's Phase of 2π in Bilayer Graphene. In: Nature Physics. Volume 2, 2006, pp. 177-180, doi: 10.1038 / nphys245 , arxiv : cond-mat / 0602565 .
with Jannik C. Meyer, AK Geim, KS Novoselov, TJ Booth, S. Roth: The Structure of Suspended Graphene Sheets. In: Nature. Volume 446, 2007, pp. 60-63, doi: 10.1038 / nature05545 , arxiv : cond-mat / 0701379 .
with LA Ponomarenko, F. Schedin, R. Yang, EW Hill, KS Novoselov, AK Geim: Chaotic Dirac Billiard in Graphene Quantum Dots. In: Science. Volume 320, 2008, pp. 356-358, doi: 10.1126 / science.1154663 , arxiv : 0801.0160 .
with A. Fasolino, JH Lot: Intrinsic ripples in graphene. In: Nature Materials . Volume 6, 2007, pp. 858-861, doi: 10.1038 / nmat2011 , arxiv : 0704.1793
with Grigori Wolowik : Topological matter: graphene and superfluid 3He. In: J. Low Temp. Phys. 175, 2014, pp. 655-666, doi: 10.1007 / s10909-014-1167-8 , arxiv : 1310.3581 .
with KS Novoselov: Graphene - a new bridge between condensed matter physics and quantum electrodynamics. In: Solid State Comm. Volume 143, 2007, pp. 3-13, doi: 10.1016 / j.ssc.2007.02.043 , arxiv : cond-mat / 0703374 .

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↑ In relativistic quantum mechanics ( Dirac equation ), spin 1/2 particles like electrons penetrate potential barriers apparently without resistance, if these are large enough (more than the rest energy of the electron). The paradoxical behavior is in contrast to the behavior in non-relativistic quantum mechanics ( Schrödinger equation ) and was discovered by Oskar Klein in 1929.

personal data
SURNAME	Kaznelson, Mikhail Iossifowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Кацнельсон, Михаил Иосифович (Russian spelling); Katsnelson, Mikhail (English transcription)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian-Dutch theoretical solid-state physicist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 10, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Magnitogorsk

[1] In relativistic quantum mechanics ( Dirac equation ), spin 1/2 particles like electrons penetrate potential barriers apparently without resistance, if these are large enough (more than the rest energy of the electron). The paradoxical behavior is in contrast to the behavior in non-relativistic quantum mechanics ( Schrödinger equation ) and was discovered by Oskar Klein in 1929.