Peter Carruthers (physicist)
Peter Ambler Carruthers (born 1935 in Lafayette , Indiana ; † August 3, 1997 in Tucson ) was an American theoretical physicist.
Carruthers studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (graduated in 1957) and received his doctorate in 1960 from Cornell University with Hans Bethe . He then became a professor at Cornell and from 1973 to 1980 head of the theory department at Los Alamos National Laboratory . Afterwards he was a senior fellow of the laboratory and head of the theory group for elementary particle physics and quantum field theory. In 1986 he moved to the University of Arizona , where he was head of the physics faculty and director of the local "Center for the Study of Complex Systems". In 1983 he was one of the founders of the Santa Fe Institute .
In addition to elementary particle physics and quantum field theory (most recently in particular many-particle production of hadrons ), he dealt with non-linear dynamics, quantum optics, hydrodynamics, astrophysics (statistics and dynamics of galaxies).
He was married and had two daughters.
Fonts
- Introduction to unitary symmetry . Interscience, 1966
- with Robert Brout : Lectures on the many electron problem . Interscience, 1963
- Spin and Isospin in Particle Physics . Gordon and Breach, New York 1971
Web links
- Biography on the CERN website (PDF file; 44 kB)
- Obituary in the New York Times, August 8, 1997
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Carruthers in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carruthers, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carruthers, Peter A .; Carruthers, Peter Ambler (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lafayette , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1997 |
| Place of death | Tucson |