Hugh David Politzer

Hugh David Politzer
Born (1949-08-31) August 31, 1949 (age 75)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Harvard University
Known forAsymptotic freedom
Prediction of charmonium
Quantum chromodynamics
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (2004)
Sakurai Prize (1986)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
ThesisAsymptotic freedom: an approach to strong interactions (1974)
Doctoral advisorSidney Coleman
Doctoral studentsStephen Wolfram

Hugh David Politzer (/ˈpɑːlɪtsər/; born August 31, 1949) is an American theoretical physicist and the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology.[1][2] He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Gross and Frank Wilczek for their discovery of asymptotic freedom in quantum chromodynamics.[3]

  1. ^ "Hugh D. (David) Politzer | Caltech Directory". directory.caltech.edu. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "Britannica". April 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004". Nobel Web. 2004. Retrieved October 24, 2010.