Sidney Coleman

Sidney Coleman
Born(1937-03-07)March 7, 1937
DiedNovember 18, 2007(2007-11-18) (aged 70)
Alma materIllinois Institute of Technology (B.Sc. 1957)
Caltech (Ph.D. 1962)
Known forColeman theorem
Coleman–Mandula theorem
Coleman–Weinberg potential
Q-ball
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum field theory
InstitutionsHarvard University
Doctoral advisorMurray Gell-Mann
Doctoral studentsIan Affleck
Mark Alford
Carl M. Bender
Jacques Distler
David Griffiths
Jeffrey Mandula
Stephen Parke
Leonard Parker
David Politzer
Lee Smolin
Paul Steinhardt
Erick Weinberg
Anthony Zee
see [1]
Other notable studentsEdward Witten[2]

Sidney Richard Coleman (7 March 1937 – 18 November 2007) was an American theoretical physicist noted for his research in high-energy physics.

  1. ^ List of Sidney's Forty Graduate Students
  2. ^ "Edward Witten – Adventures in physics and math" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-10-30.