David J. Thouless | |
|---|---|
 David Thouless in 1995 | |
| Born | David James Thouless 21 September 1934 Bearsden, Scotland |
| Died | 6 April 2019 (aged 84) Cambridge, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater |
|
| Known for | |
| Spouse |
Margaret Elizabeth Scrase
(m. 1958) |
| Children | Three[4] |
| Awards |
|
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The application of perturbation methods to the theory of nuclear matter (1958) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Bethe[3] |
| Notable students | J. Michael Kosterlitz (postdoc)[4] |
David James Thouless FRS[1][5] (/ˈθaʊlɛs/; 21 September 1934 – 6 April 2019[6][7][8]) was a British condensed-matter physicist.[9] He was the winner of the 1990 Wolf Prize and a laureate of the 2016 Nobel Prize for physics along with F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.[10]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
frswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Devlin, Hannah; Sample, Ian (4 October 2016). "British trio win Nobel prize in physics 2016 for work on exotic states of matter – live". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ David J. Thouless at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ a b Anon (2016). "BBC Radio 4 profile: Professor David J Thouless". London: BBC.
- ^ Leggett, Anthony J. (2022). "David James Thouless. 21 September 1934—6 April 2019". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 72: 337–358. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2021.0049. S2CID 247191023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
whoswhowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
Obitwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
nobelfactswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Physicist Thouless to give two talks at Lab". Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Los Alamos National Laboratory - ^ The international who's who 1991–92. Europa Publ. 25 July 1991. ISBN 9780946653706 – via Google Books.