Raymond Stora | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 September 1930 |
| Died | 20 July 2015 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | BRST quantization Froissart–Stora equation |
| Awards | Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2009) Max Planck Medal (1998) Prix Jean Ricard (1992) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de physique des particules |
| Doctoral advisor | Victor Weisskopf |
| Doctoral students | Jean Bellissard Frédéric Pham |
Raymond Félix Stora (18 September 1930 – 20 July 2015[1]) was a French theoretical physicist. He was a researcher at Service de Physique Théorique at CEA Saclay, then a research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) at CPT Marseille and at LAPP Annecy, as well as a member of CERN's theory group. His work focused on particle physics.[1]
Stora studied at the École Polytechnique from 1951 to 1953, and then at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he received a doctorate in 1958 under the supervision of Victor Weisskopf. Stora's most influential contribution to physics was his work with Carlo Becchi and Alain Rouet on a rigorous mathematical procedure for quantizing non-Abelian gauge field theories, which dates from the mid 1970s and is now known as BRST quantization.
Stora was elected as a correspondent to the physics section of the French Academy of Sciences in 1994.[1] In 2009, he was awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics.[2] CNRS held a special conference in his honour some months after his 80th birthday.[3]