53, 722 (1984). Self-Dual Models with Terms (with A. Shapere), Nucl. 89. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. 289. Phys. He is a co-founding member of the Kosciuszko Foundation of the Collegium of Eminent Scientists of Polish Origin and Ancestry.[23]. 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Peculiar Spin and Statistics in 2+1 Dimensions (with R. MacKenzie), Int. 417. Item 263 proposes another sort of unusual quantum statistics, based on projective representations of the symmetric group, that can work in any dimension. He was the first permanent member of the National Science Foundation's Institute for Theoretical Physics and, later, the J.R. Oppenheimer Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. Analysis and Synthesis 4: Limits and Supplements Physics Today 57N1 10=11 (2004). Scaling Mount Planck 2: Base Camp Physics Today 54N11 12-13 (2001). Matter-Antimatter Accounting, Thermodynamics, and Black Hole Radiation (with D. Toussaint, S. Treiman and A. Zee), Phys. This is a cluster of papers wherein the methods of superconductivity theory are applied to QCD at high density. For more than two mutually space-like separated events that is not so, and a pretty geometry of possibilities emerges, as we explored in item 461. Mod. The U(1) Problem: Instanton, Axions, and Familons, in How Far Are We from the Gauge Forces, ed. Frank Wilczekis world-renowned both as a theoretical physicist and as a writer and speaker on science. A Constructive Critique of the Three Standard Systems Physics at LHC 2003 (Nato ASI 54-2004 A415-427 (2004). They have been both developed and rediscovered in subsequent literature. In the early 1970s Wilczek and Gross used particle accelerators to study quarks and the force that acts on them. We argued that for three massless flavors it could not be a second-order transition, while for two massless flavors it might be second-order in the O(4) universality class, and in reality a crossover. Item 405 is a big think. QCD: High Density Phys. He is also an avid, though mediocre, musician. Lett. Item 416 is, in my opinion, a significant elucidation of the concept fundamental constant. 4. About Frank. Phys. Frank Wilczek 7 309. Items 295 and 384 explore focus point supersymmetry, a promising proposal for the pattern of SUSY breaking, while item 299 is a broader discussion of the implications of low-energy supersymmetry for dark matter searches. Item 68, an early review, was among the first to discuss QCD as an established theory. Whence the Force of F=ma? 149. Composites formed from charged particles and vortices in (2+1)-dimensional models, or flux tubes in three-dimensional models, can have any (fractional) angular momentum. 345. Frank Wilczek is Herman Feschbach Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2000-present). The use of such spinors remains, in my opinion, a promising possible approach to the family problem. 388. 82. D10, 2881 (1974). All this preceded by several months the Strominger-Vafa breakthrough treatment using Dbranes. Maxwells Other Demon, Nature 402, 22-23, (4 November 1999). Rev. . I took the opportunity to talk about the wide-ranging scientific impact of our work, which extends far beyond the profound but esoteric paradoxes that provoked it. Rev. 161 Relic Gravitational Waves and Extended Inflation (with M.S. 122. Frank has literary and inventive projects in the works. 65B, 160 (1976). Williams (TASI Publications, Ann Arbor, MI, 1984). The 123 Sigma rule extends the well-known 68-95-99.7 rulewhich can explained as follows:: 1 sigma is 1 standard deviation. If axions exist and have low mass within a specific range, they are of interest as a possible component of cold dark matter. [90/2] Lett. 281. In it, Pisarski and I applied the renormalization group to the QCD chiral transition. Particle Physics and Cosmology: Foundation and Working Pictures, in The Very Early Universe, eds. Item 26 presented an ansatz for instanton solutions, which in a generalized form became quite influential. 283. 71. Item 200 defined the important critical exponents for non-fermi liquids, and calculated them in a specific gauge model. 269.Fermionmasses,neutrinooscillations,andprotondecayinthelightofSuperKamiokande (with K.S. Effect of Instantons on the Heavy Quark Potential (with C. Callan, R. Dashen, D. Gross and A. Zee). Axions and Family Symmetry Breaking, Phys. Lett. Clear rating. Item 440 identified and calculated some new universal coefficients for massive fields. B399 (1993) 395. hep-ph/9210253 [92/60] 132. Hadron Systematics and Emergent Diquarks (with A. Selem) Ringberg 2005 ed. Frank has an insatiable appetite for puzzles and games. Frank Wilczek: I think the question can be understood in two different ways. Gibbons, Hawking, Siklos (Cambridge University Press, 1983). Also in this paper we provided the foundational analysis of branching modes. Rev. Wilczek was a finalist in 1967 and ultimately won fourth place, based on a mathematical project involving group theory. T146 014019 (January 2012) [MIT-CTP 3864]. Several of the other papers here are devoted to analysis of exotic dynamics around non-abelian strings. 416. 49. Lett. 321. Back to Basics at High Temperature, Physics Today, 11 (April 1998). D. Gross, M. Henneaux and A. Sevrin, (World Scientific) April 2013, hep-th 1204.4683, [MIT-CTP 4358] (April 2012). Lett. 95 011303 (2005). States of Anyon Matter, Intl. 278. Phys. 29. Whence the Force of F=ma? Dual Dilaton Dyons (with A. Shapere and S. Trivedi), Mod. Lett. D64 074017 (2001). QCD - The Modern Theory of Strong Interactions, Ann. "Fundamentals might be the perfect book for the winter of this plague year. [ 17] Innehll 1 Referenser Rev. Rev. . (with J. E. Moody), Phys. 169. 171, and 218 are applications of the general philosophy mentioned in the previous Section to the quantum Hall effect context. 255. B 423, 337-347, (1998). [8], After skipping two grades, Wilczek started high school in the 10th grade, when he was 13 years old. [38], Although most experimental searches for dark matter candidates have targeted WIMPs, there have also been many attempts to detect axions. On Absolute Units 2: Challenges and Responses Physics Today 59N1 10-11 (2005). By Gabriel Popkin. Rev. Item 92 was a pioneering discussion of the possibility of deviations from Newtons law at short distances, both from an experimental and from a theoretical Positivity Conditions on SU(5) Potentials (with R. MacKenzie), Phys. Item 45 was an early model for how to use effective field theory ideas to analyze possible deviations from the Standard Model in a systematic way. QCD at Finite Baryon Density: Nucleon Droplets and Color Superconductivity (with M. Alford and K. Rajagopal), Phys. 32. 15 1951) . In itself it is a clever paper, I think, but it was rapidly overtaken by the explosive development of the field. 3. Especially original is the discussion of monopole-dipole forces, which I believe remains an important subject for experimental investigation. J. Mod. B81, 238 (1979). B 479, 529, (1996). 25, No. A Long View of Particle Physics, Solvay Conference Proceedings The Theory of the Quantum World ed. 421. He is also an avid, though mediocre, musician. Phys. In the same year he was awarded the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Commemorative Medal from Charles University in Prague. 355. ng nhn bng C nhn Khoa hc v Ton hc ti i hc Chicago nm 1970, . 4 Frank Wilczek Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics 2004 Nobel Laureate Known for the discovery of asymptotic freedom, the development of quantum chromodynamics, the invention of axions, and more. We proposed one such gauge theory, now known as. Analysis and Synthesis 3: Cosmic Groundwork Physics Today 56N10 10-11 (2003). Rev. cond-mat/9512061 [95/104] [43] When Daniel Tsui and Horst Strmer discovered the fractional quantum Hall effect in 1982, Bertrand Halperin (1984) expanded the math Wilczek proposed in 1982 for fractional statistics in two dimensions to help explain it. Lett. Nature 443 636 (2006). Sum Rules for Spin-Dependent Electroproduction - Test of Relativistic Constituent Quarks (with S. Wandzura), Phys. The internet is an amazing source of information (and misinformation) about almost any topic. 2) 12-25, (Dec. 1996). 33. Entanglement (Geometric) Entropy Item 194 defined the entanglement (originally geometric) entropy in quantum field theory, and computed for an interval in 1+1 dimensional conformal field theory. 317. I am especially proud of Items 95 and 122. Discrete Gauge Symmetry in Continuum Theories (with L.M. 392. Aharonov-Bohm Interaction of Cosmic Strings with Matter (with M. G. Alford), Phys. A Niemi, F. Wilczek, E. Ardonne, H. Hansson, http://iopscience.iop.org/1402- 4896/2012/T146/010101 (2012). Branched Quantization (with A. Shapere) (June 2012), quant-ph 1207.2677 [MIT-CTP 4381]. 1012 Degrees in the Shade (preprinted as Hot Stuff: The High Temperature Frontier), The Sciences, January/February 1994, 22. Anticipating a New Golden Age, Invited Lecture at SUSY 07, Karlsruhe, SUSY 07 Proceedings, Perspectives on LHC Physics ed. Near-Zero Modes in Superconducting Graphene (with Pouyan Ghaemi) (August, 2007) cond.-mat:supr-con/0709.2626 v2 (September 2011) Phys. He came to ASU from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was the Herman Feshback Professor of Physics. Frank Anthony Wilczek (1951-05-15) May 15, 1951(age 71) Mineola, New York, U.S. Chem. 77, 4418, (1996). In 2004 I shared the physics Nobel Prize for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction. 130. Frank Wilczek 27 Still to this day I think the quantum theory of angular momentum is one of the absolute pinnacles of human achievement. 18. 109. Lett. Solar Neutrino Oscillations (with L. Krauss), Phys. Nucl. Wilczek (surname) Frank (given name) 1951 births Nobel laureates in Physics Lorentz Medal winners King Faisal International Prize recipients for Science Fellows of the American Physical Society J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics recipients Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 131. Realization of the Fredkin Gate Using A Series of One- And Two-body Operators, (with H.F. Chau), Phys. 269.Fermionmasses,neutrinooscillations,andprotondecayinthelightofSuperKamiokande (with K.S. Items 385 and 386 explore some novel possibilities for dynamical flavor symmetry breaking. [42], In 1977, a group of theoretical physicists working at the University of Oslo, led by Jon Leinaas and Jan Myrheim, calculated that the traditional division between fermions and bosons would not apply to theoretical particles existing in two dimensions. Suppl. 378. Rev. Item 25 contains, I believe, the first discussion of kinetic neutrino mixing, and shows how it can arise in simple gauge theory models. 402. B120, 127 (1983). One aspect of this, which requires less radical departures than the full program, is a connection between the meaning of the cosmolog- ical term (initial value versus microscopically determinate) and the question whether one should require invariance under volume-changing transformations. Frank Wilczek, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist, author and Arizona State University Distinguished Professor, whose boundary-pushing investigations into the fundamental laws of nature have transformed our understanding of the forces that govern our universe, was announced today as the winner of the 2022 Templeton Prize . 10 Selected Publications 45. Geometry of Self Propulsion at Low Reynolds Number (with A. Shapere), Jour. These are three papers that dont fit naturally anywhere else. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks. In 1982, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. 280. 49, 957 (1982). 65B, 391 (1976). 2006). Riemann-Einstein Structure from Volume and Gauge Symmetry, Phys. 100. 66. Two Applications of Axion Electrodynamics, Phys. 222. D33, 2079 (1986). V32, 177 (1982). Lett 75 748 (1995). Physics begins to answer. condmat/ 9605145 [96/52] B 430, (1994) 534. cond-mat/9408016 [94/59] Phys. He is known, among other things, for the discovery of asymptotic freedom, the development of quantum chromodynamics, the invention of axions, and the discovery and exploitation of new forms of quantum statistics (anyons). 279. Populated Domain Walls (with C. Nayak), Phys. Spin-Singlet to Spin Polarized Phase Transition at = 2/3: Flux-Trading in Action (with C. Nayak), Nucl. 171. 174. What to Do If You Are Hurt on the Job Workers' Comp Forms for School Security Supervisors Heavy Quarks These papers were all inspired, in one way or another, by the experimental discovery of the J/ family of particles, which were beautifully adapted to serve as a demonstration system for the newly emerging Standard Model. 193. B566 33-91(2000). Quantum Mechanics of Fractional Spin Particles, Phys. Frank Wilczek is a theoretical physicist, author, and intellectual adventurer. A7, 3911 (1992). 306. 220. Some Applications of a Simple Stationary Line Element for the Schwarzschild Geom- etry, (with P. Kraus), Mod. 265. Some earlier work on this subject had been done by Leinaas and Myrheim, and roughly contemporary independent work on the foundations was done by Goldin, Menikoff, and Sharp. 256. Rev. Abstract. 106. Non-Fermi Liquid Fixed Point in 2+1 Dimensions, (with Chetan Nayak), Nucl. String Theory Item 119 is one of the earliest papers on T-duality. 30, 1343 (1973). ng c nui dy theo o Thin Cha gio. Rev. Item 204 spelled out some subtleties that arise for fermion fields, and gave a vastly simplified derivation for free massless fields. This theory forms the key to the interpretation of almost all experimental studies involving modern particle accelerators. What is Quantum Theory?, Physics Today , 53N6 11-12, (2000) [MIT-CTP-3159]. New Macroscopic Forces? QCD: Reflections Item 235 was my lecture on receipt of UNESCOs Dirac Medal. I anticipate that in future work many more will be. Selected Publications Lett. Item 112 presents a simple, natural example. 419. [91/70] A21 701-720 (2005). Rev. It contains quite a bit of secondary material (that is, conference proceedings, reviews, and so forth) and lacks cohesive organization. Rev. Selected Publications Lett. It was during this turbulent time that Wilczek found unexpected comfort, and a new understanding of the world, in mathematics. 312. [91/34] Geometric Phases in Physics (a text and reprint volume, edited with A. Shapere) (World Scientific, 1989). D25, 553 (1982). 31. Futures- Six public lectures by Nobel and Templeton Laureate Frank Wilczek, Nobel physicist Frank Wilczek on paradox, beauty and truth. [91/17] B 422, 247-256, (1998). When quarks were brought very close together, the force was so weak that the quarks acted almost as if they were free particles not bound together by any force. We discovered the main phenomena for ourselves, as presented in Item 39, but we were scooped by Yoshimura as we were developing them. B 10, 2125, (1996). Frank Wilczek 13 Item 50 was the first to address the problem that later interactions tend to restore equilibrium in a serious, quantitative fashion. Item 100 started the whole subject. ngi c bit do mt phn l kt qu ca Frank Wilczek c thc hin mt bi kim tra IQ. He has received many honors for his work, notably including the Nobel Prize. 72 1125-1140 (2000). ix-xli(September, 2012). Rev. B340, 366 (1990). Virtual Particles [a sonnet] Norton Anthology of Light Verse, ed. Wilczek is a professor in the Department of Physics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Inflation opened up an alternative scenario for axion cosmology, with a potential signature in the form of isocurvature fluctuations. translation symmetry might be spontaneously broken, in classical and quantum theory respectively. [44], Frank Wilczek, Dan Arovas, and Robert Schrieffer analyzed the fractional quantum Hall effect in 1984, proving that anyons were required to describe it. Internal Frame Dragging and a Global Analogue of the Aharonov-Bohm Effect (with J. March-Russell and J. Preskill), Phys. My Favorites [discussion of favorite books] New York Academy of Sciences Update 19 (May/June 2006). Inflationary Axion Cosmology (with M.S. R. Chiao, physics.gen-ph/0708.4361 [MIT-CTP 3847]. Internal Structure of Black Holes (with F. Larsen), Phys. Rev. Supersymmetric Unified Models (with S. Dimopoulos), in The Unity of the Fundamental Interactions, ed. ed. He was particularly inspired by two of his high school physics teachers, one of whom taught a course that helped students with the national Westinghouse Science Talent Search. 270. All this happens at weak coupling, in a tractable, controlled theoretical framework. Black Holes as Elementary Particles (with C.F.E. 52, 2111 (1984). 252. Rev. Lett. Supersymmetric Phenomenology: Foundational Papers Babu and J. Pati) Nucl. 85 5042-5045 (2000). Asymptotically Free Gauge Theories, I (with D. Gross), Phys. Kingsley, S. Treiman and A. Zee), Phys. hep-th/9609099 [96-95] B374, 567 (1992). [45][47], In 2012 he proposed the idea of a time crystal. Space-Time Aspects of Quasiparticle Propagation (with R. Levien and C. Nayak) Int. Item 391 is my take on the issues around universe-selection and the anthropic principle. A663-4, 3c-20c (2000). Symmetry Relations in Nucleon Decay (with Anya Hurlbert), Phys. . Some Examples in the Realization of Symmetry, Nucl. D18, 242 (1978). Fermi and the Elucidation of Matter Fermi Remembered ed. Black Holes Classical Time Crystals Alfred Shapere and Frank Wilczek Phys. 137. 226. O. Sacks 96-101 (Harper-Collins 2003). Phys. 55, 1797 (1985). Jour. Frank has literary and inventive projects in the works. Phys. Lett. 251. Dimensionless Constants, Cosmology and Other Dark Matters (with M. Tegmark, A. Aguirre, and M. Rees) Phys. 25. In 1973, while a graduate student working with David Gross at Princeton University, Wilczek (together with Gross) discovered asymptotic freedom, which holds that the closer quarks are to each other, the less the strong interaction (or color charge) between them; when quarks are in extreme proximity, the nuclear force between them is so weak that they behave almost as free particles. Might Our Vacuum be Metastable? 458. Omissions? Reasonably Effective 1: Deconstructing a Miracle Physics Today 59N11 8-9 (2006). I mention a few of its most striking successes, both achieved and prospective. Mod. And youre glue Nature 400, 21-23. Citizenship United States Education University of Chicago(B.S.) Since 2002, he has been an Adjunct Professor in the Centro de Estudios Cientficos of Valdivia, Chile. [9][10], He received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and membership in Phi Beta Kappa[11] at the University of Chicago in 1970. D29, 338 (1984). 43, 1571 (1979). 43, 1059 (1979). Finally, Item 279 was prepared for a special supplement issue of Nature, also designed to celebrate the century in physics. Sci. [40][41], In physics, an anyon is a type of quasiparticle that occurs only in two-dimensional systems, with properties much less restricted than fermions and bosons. (1 July 1999). J. Cronin (U. of Chicago Press 2004). 2: Rationalizations Physics Today 57N12 10-11 (2004). 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. His current theoretical research includes work on Axions, Anyons, and Time Crystals. 245. This is accomplished by adding a new global symmetry (called a PecceiQuinn symmetry.) He is a co-founding member of the Kosciuszko Foundation of the Collegium of Eminent Scientists of Polish Origin and Ancestry. Exact solutions and the adiabatic heuristic for quantum Hall states (with M. Greiter), Nucl. With our current understanding, we have four fundamental forces. B631 170-176 (2005). 397. B537, 443-458, (1999). hep-th/9610252 [96-108] Lett. Rev. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frank-Wilczek, The Nobel Foundation - Autobiography of Frank Wilczek. Archaeopteryx Looks Up New York Academy of Sciences Update 20 (Sept./Oct. hep-th/9706014 [97-48] Lett. Corrections? Frank Wilczek: The subject of the Nobel Prize was figuring out one of the fundamental forces of nature theoretically. 28 Phys. Lett. Self-Interaction Correction to Black Hole Radiance, (with P. Kraus), Nucl. Lett. 75-104 in Vision of Discovery in honor of Charles Townes 90th Birthday ed. Wilczek was also the co-recipient of the 2005 King Faisal International Prize for Science. Rev. He received the Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society for these activities. Phys. Frank Wilczek Mistake, Profound, Progress Frank Wilczek (2009). Item 353 is a high-level discussion of 254. This suggestion stimulated a lot of activity, both theoretical and experimental. Rev. Space-Time Approach to Holonomy Scattering (with Y.-S. Wu), Phys. ' (: Frank Anthony Wilczek; -15 1951) , 2004. 91. D12, 106 (1975). Phys. Zero Modes of Non-Abelian Vortices (with M. Alford K. Benson, S. Coleman, and J. March-Russell), Nucl. Frank Wilczek shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Gross and H. David Politzer for their discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction. Rev. Prospects for Indirect Detection of Neutralino Dark Matter (with J. Feng and K. Matchev) Phys. cond-mat/9507040 [94/60] Spinoza, Beethoven, Walt Whitman, Einstein good company! The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether and the Unification of Forces, (Basic/Perseus, August 2008). 282 What QCD Tells Us About Nature - and Why We Should Listen Nucl. gr-qc/9406042 [94/46] Solicited article for Universe or Multiverse ed. Some Calculable Contributions to Entanglement Entropy, (with M. Hertzberg), (July 2010) hep-th1007.0993 Phys. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - The Information: https://theinformation.com/lex to get 75% off first month. Rev. Superconductivity from Perturbative One-Gluon Exchange in High Density Quark Mat- ter (with T. Scha efer) Phys. 37. 129. Author Frank Wilczek has been playing with unified visions of nature since, as a 21 year-old physics grad student, he did work that won him the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics. In Item 66 we introduced a discrete matter symmetry sufficient to banish catastrophic proton decay in supersymmetric models. [49] In 2018 he and Qing-Dong Jiang calculated that the so-called "quantum atmosphere" of materials should theoretically be capable of being probed using existing technology such as diamond probes with nitrogen-vacancy centers. B358, 447 (1991). Lett. Phys. Rev. Renormalization Group Approach to Low Temperature Properties of a Non-Fermi Liq- uid Metal, (with C. Nayak), Nucl. [91/45] 39, 1304 (1977). B112, 133 (1982). hep-ph/9712307 [97/136] 12. Mass Without Mass II: The Medium is the Mass-age Physics Today 53N1 13-14 (2000). 266. Static and Dynamic Critical Phenomena at a Second Order QCD Phase Transition (with K. Rajagopal) Nucl. 110. He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), distinguished professor at Arizona State University (ASU) and full professor at Stockholm University. Thermal Decay of the Cosmological Constant Into Black Holes (with A. Gomberoff, M. Henneaux, and C. Teitelboim) Phys. Lett. These are concepts in physics which he named and pioneered. cond-mat/9501052 [94/109] 238. 109, 160402 (2012) Space-Time Crystals of Trapped Ions Tongcang Li, Zhe-Xuan Gong, Zhang-Qi Yin, H. T. Quan, Xiaobo Yin, Peng Zhang, L.-M. Duan, and Xiang Zhang Phys. Minimal Potentials with Very Many Minima (with Marin Soljacic). Phys. 462.ModelsofTopologyChange(withAlfredShapereandZhaoxiXiong)hep-th1210.3545, [ MIT-CTP 4397] (October 2012) Mathematics of Gauge Theory On a few occassions I have published exploratory mathematical ideas that seemed to me espe- cially pretty or naturally connected to physics, without any immediate sense of how they might be applied. Lett. B70, 418 (1977). Quantum Chromodynamics: Lifestyles of the small and simple, Nature Physics 3 N6 375-6 (June, 2007) [MIT-CTP 3848]. Rev. He has also worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara and was also a visiting professor at NORDITA. Rev. Total Relativity: Mach 2004, Physics Today, 57N410-11 (2004) [MIT-CTP 3482]. After graduating from the University of Chicago (B.S., 1970), Wilczek studied under Gross at Princeton University, earning an M.S. Together with his wife Betsy Devine, he wrote a beautiful book, Longing for the Harmonies (W.W. Norton). Items 36 and 37 contain especially original uses of QCD. Rev. Interest in entanglement entropy has swelled over the years, due to its connections with quantum information theory, the characterization of quantum critical points, and (through holography) to quantum gravity. Lett. Phys. Selected Publications condmat/9711087 [97-120] Models of Condensed Matter This somewhat disparate group of papers contains my additional work in condensed matter theory, that does not fall comfortably into the earlier categories. On Magic Moments Seed Nov. 2006 39. Derzeit ist er Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics am Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Grndungsdirektor des TD Lee Institute und Chief Scientist am Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Distinguished . 155. 58, 1799 (1987). 294. 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