Wojciech H. Zurek | |
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| Born | Wojciech H. Żurek 1951 (age 72–73) |
| Education | AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków (M.Sc., 1974) University of Texas at Austin (PhD, 1979) |
| Known for | Quantum decoherence No cloning theorem Quantum Darwinism Pointer state Einselection Envariance Quantum discord Kibble–Zurek mechanism Kibble–Zurek scaling laws |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quantum physics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology Los Alamos National Laboratory Santa Fe Institute University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Doctoral advisor | William C. Schieve |
Wojciech Hubert Zurek[1] (Polish: Żurek; born 1951) is a Polish and American theoretical physicist and a leading authority on quantum theory, especially decoherence and non-equilibrium dynamics of symmetry breaking and resulting defect generation (known as the Kibble–Zurek mechanism).