Yakir Aharonov
Yakir Aharonov ( Hebrew יקיר אהרונוב; * August 28, 1932 in Haifa ) is an Israeli physicist .
life and work
After attending school, Aharonov was drafted into the Israeli army on his 18th birthday . He then studied at the Technion , Haifa, where he did his bachelor's degree in 1956 . He moved to the University of Bristol , where he in 1960 with a thesis on quantum theory doctorate . From 1960 to 1961 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Brandeis University . He then returned to Israel to teach at Yeshiva University : until 1964 as a lecturer and then until 1967 as an associate professor. From 1967 to 1973 he was a full professor at Tel Aviv University and Yeshiva University. From 1973 until his retirement in 2006 he was a professor of theoretical physics in Tel Aviv and at the University of South Carolina . From 2006 to 2008 he was Professor at the Center for Quantum Studies at George Mason University and since 2008 he has been Professor of Theoretical Physics and James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at Chapman University in Orange County (California) .
Aharonov is interested in non-local and topological effects of quantum mechanics and quantum field theories as well as in the interpretation of quantum mechanics. In 1959, together with his doctoral supervisor David Bohm , he predicted the Aharonov-Bohm effect , later named after them , which was first experimentally confirmed by Robert Chambers the following year . In the sixties Aharonov published with Joel Lebowitz and Peter Bergmann an alternative formulation of quantum physics, which should avoid the measurement problem.
In his spare time, Aharonov likes to play chess . He is the uncle of the quantum computer scientist Dorit Aharonov .
Publications
- over 150 papers in scientific journals
- Some problems in the quantum theory of measurements and electromagnetic potentials as observables in the quantum theory . Dissertation, Bristol 1960
- with Daniel Rohrlich: Quantum paradoxes. Quantum theory for the perplexed . Wiley-VCH, Weinheim and Cambridge 2005, ISBN 3-527-40391-4
Prices
- 1983 Rothschild Prize in Physics
- 1984 Weizmann Prize in Physics
- 1988-89 Miller Research Professorship award at Berkeley
- 1989 Israel Prize in Physics
- 1991 Elliott Cresson Medal
- 1993 The Distinguished Scientist Governor Award of South Carolina
- 1995 Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize
- 1998 Wolf Prize
- 2006 EMET Prize
- 2009 National Medal of Science (USA)
Memberships
- 1978 American Physical Society
- 1990 Israel Academy of Sciences
- 1993 National Academy of Sciences
- Honorary doctorates: 1992 Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1993 University of South Carolina, 1997 Bristol University, 1999 Universidad de Buenos Aires , 2012 Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Individual evidence
- ↑ Y. Aharonov and D. Bohm: Significance of Electromagnetic Potentials in the Quantum Theory (PDF; 1.2 MB) . In: Physical Review . Volume 115, 1959, pp. 485-491. The effect was predicted as early as 1949: Werner Ehrenberg and Raymond Eldred Siday : The Refractive Index in Electron Optics and the Principles of Dynamics . In: Proceedings of the Physical Society B . Volume 62, 1949, pp. 8-21
- ^ RG Chambers: Shift of an Electron Interference Pattern by Enclosed Magnetic Flux . In: Physical Review Letters . Vol. 5, 1960, pp. 3-5. For further experimental confirmations, reference is made to the following book: Murray Peshkin and Akira Tonomura : The Aharonov-Bohm Effect (= Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 340). Springer, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-540-51567-4
- ^ Y. Aharonov, PG Bergman and JL Lebowitz: Time Symmetry in the Quantum Process of Measurement . In: Physical Review . Volume 134, 1964, pp. 1410-1416
- ↑ Yakir Aharonov. The Franklin Institute, accessed April 16, 2019 ("For observations of electromagnetic potentials and insights into quantum mechanics.").
- ^ Emet Prize Laureates: Prof. Yakir Aharonov. emetprize.org, accessed on April 16, 2019 (English, "... for elucidating the principles of Quantum Theory, for being a pioneer and a leader in the exploration of the profound meanings of this theory and for his unique discoveries that have had an impact on various fields in physics ").
- ↑ Yakir Aharonov. National Medal of Science Foundation, 2009, accessed April 16, 2019 .
- ↑ APS Fellow Archive
Web links
- Literature by and about Yakir Aharonov in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dr. Yakir Aharonov, James J. Farley Professorship in Natural Philosophy. Chapman University(English).
- Homepage at the Faculty of Exact Sciences. Tel Aviv University(English).
- Homepage at USC. 2000(English).
- Max Rauner : Socrates from the future . In: The time . October 23, 2003 ( zeit.de ).
- Profile on Google Scholar.
- Yakir Aharonov in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- Nine Leading Researchers Join Stephen Hawking as Distinguished Research Chairs at PI. March 6, 2009(English).
- Daniele C. Struppa, Jeffrey M. Tollaksen (Eds.): Quantum Theory: A Two-Time Success Story . Yakir Aharonov commemorative publication. Springer, Milano 2014, ISBN 978-88-470-5216-1 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-88-470-5217-8 ( springer.com [PDF]).
- B Lectures at the Perimeter Institute. pirsa.org, 2016(English).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Aharonov, Yakir |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli physicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Haifa |