Harald Fritzsch

Harald Fritzsch
Born(1943-02-10)10 February 1943
Died16 August 2022(2022-08-16) (aged 79)
Known forQuantum chromodynamics
SO(10)
Fritzsch mass matrices
AwardsUNSW Dirac Medal (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsCERN
California Institute of Technology
University of Wuppertal
University of Bern
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Doctoral studentsMarcus Hutter[1]
Dieter Lüst[1]

Harald Fritzsch (10 February 1943 in Zwickau, Germany – 16 August 2022 in München) was a German theoretical physicist known for his contributions to the theory of quarks, the development of Quantum Chromodynamics and the grand unification of the standard model of particle physics.