Joseph Polchinski | |
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 Polchinski in 2004 | |
| Born | May 16, 1954 White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 2018 (aged 63) |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (BS) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Polchinski equation Polchinski's paradox D-branes[1] Black hole firewall Everett phone |
| Awards | Dannie Heineman Prize (2007) Dirac Medal (2008) Breakthrough Prize (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Thesis | Vortex Operators in gauge field theories (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stanley Mandelstam |
| Doctoral students | Robert Leigh Iosif Bena Mariana Graña |
Joseph Gerard Polchinski Jr.[2] (/pəlˈtʃɪnski/; May 16, 1954 – February 2, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist and string theorist.[3][4]
- ^ Polchinski, J. (1995). "Dirichlet branes and Ramond-Ramond charges." Physical Review D, 50(10), R6041–R6045.
- ^ "JOSEPH GERARD POLCHINSKI". Physics History Network.
- ^ Yang, Henry T. (2 February 2018). "Obituary: Professor Emeritus Joseph Polchinski". UC Santa Barbara.
- ^ "Joe Polchinski (1954-2018): La teoría de cuerdas está de luto". La Ciencia de la Mula Francis (in European Spanish). 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-03.