Igor Dzyaloshinskii

Igor Dzyaloshinskii
Игорь Дзялошинский
Born(1931-02-01)February 1, 1931
Moscow
DiedJuly 14, 2021(2021-07-14) (aged 90)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
University of California, Irvine

Igor Ekhielevich Dzyaloshinskii, (Игорь Ехиельевич Дзялошинский, surname sometimes transliterated as Dzyaloshinsky, Dzyaloshinski, Dzyaloshinskiĭ, or Dzyaloshinkiy, 1 February 1931 – 14 July 2021)[1] was a Russian theoretical physicist, known for his research on "magnetism, multiferroics, one-dimensional conductors, liquid crystals, van der Waals forces, and applications of methods of quantum field theory".[2] In particular he is known for the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Умер один из основателей Института теоретической физики РАН Дзялошинский". tass.ru (in Russian). 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ Chernyshev, Alexander; Maradudin, Alexei; Piatevskii, Lev (2021). "Obituary. Igor Ekhiel'evich Dzyaloshinskii". Physics Today. 4 (10): 71. doi:10.1063/PT.3.4863. S2CID 244226442.
  3. ^ Chernyshev, Sasha (February 1, 2021). "Igor Dzyaloshinskii of Physics & Astronomy turns 90 today". UCI Physical Sciences Communications.
  4. ^ Abrikosov et al.: Igor' Ekhiel'evich Dzyaloshinskii (on his seventieth birthday), Phys. Uspekhi, Vol. 44, 2001, p. 213