Martinus J. G. Veltman

Martinus J. G. Veltman
Veltman in 2005
Born
Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman

(1931-06-27)27 June 1931
Waalwijk, Netherlands
Died4 January 2021(2021-01-04) (aged 89)
Bilthoven, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materUtrecht University
Known forRenormalization of Yang–Mills theory
Dimensional regularization
Schoonschip
vDVZ discontinuity
Passarino–Veltman reduction
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1999)
Dirac Medal (1996)
High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (1993)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
ThesisIntermediate particles in S-matrix theory and calculation of higher order effects in the production of intermediate vector bosons (1963)
Doctoral advisorLéon C. P. van Hove
Doctoral students

Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrˈtinʏ ɕʏsˈtinʏs xoːdəˈfridʏs ˈtini ˈvɛltmɑn];[a] 27 June 1931 – 4 January 2021)[1][2][3][4] was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics with his former PhD student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory.[5]


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  1. ^ van Delft, Dirk (2023). Verrek, dat is 't! Het strijdvaardige leven van Nobelprijswinnaar Martinus Veltman (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Prometheus. ISBN 9789044652970.
  2. ^ "Nobelprijswinnaar Martin Veltman (1931) overleden". NRC (in Dutch).
  3. ^ "Nobelprijswinnaar Martinus Veltman (89) overleden". Telegraaf. 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Martinus Veltman (1931 – 2021)". CERN. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. ^ Iliopoulos, John; Maiani, Luciano (20 January 2021). "Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman (1931 – 2021)". CERN. Retrieved 27 January 2021.