By Gabriel Popkin. In some cases, an amendment to the Heisenberg commutation relations is required. All this happens at weak coupling, in a tractable, controlled theoretical framework. FRANK WILCZEK is the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics, and author of A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design . This suggestion stimulated a lot of activity, both theoretical and experimental. 241. 49, 1549 (1982). Grind- hammer, Kniehl, Kramer, and Ochs 337-356 (2006). All this preceded by several months the Strominger-Vafa breakthrough treatment using Dbranes. Lett. Rev. It's not just the show-stopping, full-arc-across . 211. 16 Selected Publications 244. . Back to Basics at High Temperature, Physics Today, 11 (April 1998). The jury is still out. Realization of the Fredkin Gate Using A Series of One- And Two-body Operators, (with H.F. Chau), Phys. In item 354 I emphasized, I believe for the first time, the special sensitivity of the Higgs field, with its dimensional coupling, as a probe of hidden-sector dynamics. B378, 175 (1992). Items 115 and 423 are full-scale popular books, that have reached large audiences. [12], Wilczek met Betsy Devine at Princeton, when both watched the televised 1972 Fisher-Spassky chess matches. His greatest. Kingsley, S. Treiman and A. Zee), Phys. 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. Continuity of Quark and Hadron Matter, (with T. Scha efer), Phys. B 479, 529, (1996). Item 95 anticipates the concept of domain wall fermions, which has since become quite popular in high energy theory, in a concrete condensed matter context. 429. 384. Phys. Frank Wilczek 7 309. D63 4502-4505 (2001). Growing Hair on Black Holes (with J. Preskill and S. Coleman), Phys. QCD at Finite Baryon Density: Nucleon Droplets and Color Superconductivity (with M. Alford and K. Rajagopal), Phys. Rev. Ultraviolet Behavior of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories (with D. Gross), Phys. Rev. [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. D9, 980 (1974). hep-ph/9712307 [97/136] 73, (1994) 2740. cond-mat/9405017 [94/25] Rev. Lett. Rev. 15 1951) . 53, 2203 (1983). 91. Rev. Lecture slides Pdf 2.30 MB QCD Lava Lamp Animation 518 kB Read the Nobel Lecture Pdf 983 kB Copyright The Nobel Foundation 2004 From Les Prix Nobel. (1 July 1999). Biography. Wikipedia notes Frank Anthony Wilczek (born May 15, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and a Nobel laureate. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube: https://bit.ly/welcometothewell Up next: . Rev. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 was awarded jointly to David J. His. Gretchen Ertl for The New York Times By Claudia Dreifus. J. Mod. 89. Phys. 253. hep-lat/9807039 [98-67] A663-4 257c-271c (2000). In 1982, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Phys. Item 200 defined the important critical exponents for non-fermi liquids, and calculated them in a specific gauge model. B112, 133 (1982). Pierce (World Scientific, July 2008), Int. B5, 1273 (1991). Lett. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Netherlands Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a Trustee of the University of Chicago. 180. Frank Anthony Wilczek (1951-05-15) May 15, 1951(age 71) Mineola, New York, U.S. Item 131 contains a pioneering use of concepts that later became extremely popular, both in condensed matter and high energy theory, using du- ality transformations to identify theories with apparently quite different coupling constants. [22] Wilczek has appeared on an episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, where Penn referred to him as "the smartest person [they have] ever had on the show." Honors In Search of Symmetry Lost Nature 433 239-247 (2004). B363, 207 (1991). Lett. Citizenship United States Education University of Chicago(B.S.) 86 3492-3495 (2001). 467. Item 50 was the first to address the problem that later interactions tend to restore equilibrium in a serious, quantitative fashion. Introduction to Quantum Matter Nobel Symposium 148: Graphene and Quantum Mat- ter, eds. Discrete Quantum Hair on Black Holes and the Nonabelian Aharanov-Bohm Effect, (with M. Alford and J. March-Russell), Nucl. 417. Rev. 52. 4.02 avg rating 1,393 ratings published 2008 30 editions. 58. A70 033603 (2004). 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. Rev. 43, 816 (1979). Scaling Mount Planck 3: Is That All There Is? Why is there something rather than nothing? We discovered the main phenomena for ourselves, as presented in Item 39, but we were scooped by Yoshimura as we were developing them. Jour. [1] His grandparents were immigrants, who "really did work with their hands", according to Wilczek, but Frank's father took night school classes to educate himself, working as a repairman to support his family. [9][10], He received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and membership in Phi Beta Kappa[11] at the University of Chicago in 1970. 30, 1343 (1973). It also con- tains considerable explanatory material. [91/11] 177. D24, 1681 (1981). Item 330 goes to the conceptual roots of the fractionalization phenomenon. D42, 1001 (1990). These are concepts in physics which he named and pioneered. 246. Abstract. Contents. Lifes Parameters Physics Today 56N2 10-11 (2003). States of Anyon Matter, Intl. The Worlds Numerical Recipe Best American Science Writing 2003 ed. 238. (See fundamental interaction.) 340. [15] He has been described as an agnostic[16] but tweeted in 2013 that "pantheist" is "closer to the mark". 288. [17], Wilczek said that "the world embodies beautiful ideas" but "although this may inspire a spiritual interpretation, it does not require one". D25, 553 (1982). 110. Suppl. Maxwells Other Demon, Nature 402, 22-23, (4 November 1999). This mechanism established axions as a plausible dark matter candidate. Axions, Including Axion Cosmology [45][46], In 2020, experimenters from the Ecole Normale Suprieure and from the Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (C2N) reported in Science that they had made a direct detection of anyons. hep-th/9408089 [94/51] Rev. 171, and 218 are applications of the general philosophy mentioned in the previous Section to the quantum Hall effect context. 65B, 391 (1976). D19, 1036 (1979). 402. 350 From Concept to Reality to Vision Eur. You can edit the text of your front page by clicking on the "edit" tab above. 38 (2010) pp. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Babu and J. Pati), Nuclear Physics B 566 33-91 (2000) hep-ph/9812538 [98-80]. B125, 35, 519(E) (1983). Rev. Frank Wilczek, the 2004 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2017. Frank Wilczek 3 Frank Wilczek: I think the question can be understood in two different ways. gr-qc/9406042 [94/46] 146. 99. Lett. Unification of Couplings, (with S. Dimopoulos and S. Raby), Physics Today 44, Octo- ber 1991, p.25. Phys. Want to Read. 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. 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 . [93/50] Wilczek writes with breathtaking economy and clarity,. Frank Wilczek: The subject of the Nobel Prize was figuring out one of the fundamental forces of nature theoretically. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. In the same year he was awarded the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Commemorative Medal from Charles University in Prague. Item 25 contains, I believe, the first discussion of kinetic neutrino mixing, and shows how it can arise in simple gauge theory models. Longing for the Harmonies [a book] W.W. Norton (January, 1988). Frank Wilczek, (born May 15, 1951, New York, New York, U.S.), American physicist who, with David J. 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. This theory, which addresses how quarks interact, is key to the interpretation of almost all experimental studies involving modern particle accelerators. We find a detailed match between the calculable properties of the high-density (quark) phase and the properties of the low-density (nuclear) phase one has learned to expect from phenomenology, numerics, etc. Phys. 458. Phys. B 424 (1994) 443. hep-th/9403108 [93/88] In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. Phys. [20], In 2014, Wilczek penned a letter, along with Stephen Hawking and two other scholars, warning that "Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Item 241 introduces an essentially new phenomenon in this context, providing limpid models that exhibit confinement of discrete quantum numbers. Application of the Renormalization Group to a Second Order QCD Phase Transition, Int. 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. Rev. 198. 400. Disassembling Anyons, Phys. ed. Precision Precession Nature 410 28-20 (2001). Princeton University(M.A., Ph.D.) Known for Asymptotic freedom Quantum chromodynamics Particle statistics Axionmodel Spouse Betsy Devine Children Amity and Mira[1] Awards MacArthur Fellowship(1982) 302. 78, 2642 (1983). Weinberg later agreed to adopt Wilczek's name for the particle. Dimensionless Constants, Cosmology and Other Dark Matters (with M. Tegmark, A. Aguirre, and M. Rees) Phys. Reasonably Effective 1: Deconstructing a Miracle Physics Today 59N11 8-9 (2006). Frank Wilczek 9 B380, 447 (1992). The internet is an amazing source of information (and misinformation) about almost any topic. Rev. B404 (1993) 577. hep-ph/9303281 [93/16] Lett. PHYSICIST Frank A. Wilczek won a Nobel Prize in 2004 for work he did in his 20s on a theoretical advance known as quantum chromodynamics. Asymptotically Free Gauge Theories, I (with D. Gross), Phys. Lett. 202. Quantum Time Crystals quant-ph 1202.2539 v 2, Phys Rev. Physics Today 55N8 10-11 (2002). He was named a MacArthur fellow in 1982 and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and National Academy of Sciences. 19. Rev. 65, 13 (1990). Rev. Especially original is the discussion of monopole-dipole forces, which I believe remains an important subject for experimental investigation. hep-th/9609099 [96-95] 57, 514 (1989). 255. So let me answer each of them separately. The Universe is a Strange Place Lepton-Photon Interactions at High Energies, Interna- tional Symposium XXII 447-461 (2005). D30, 130 (1984). 254. He has received many prizes for his work, including a. in 2004. 362. His current theoretical research includes work on Axions, Anyons, and Time Crystals. Rev. Rev. With our current understanding, we have four fundamental forces. Cosmic Molasses for Particle Masses, New Scientist, (April 1999). My Favorites [discussion of favorite books] New York Academy of Sciences Update 19 (May/June 2006). 26. A Niemi, F. Wilczek, E. Ardonne, H. Hansson, http://iopscience.iop.org/1402- 4896/2012/T146/010101 (2012). [48] In 2018, several research teams reported the existence of time crystals. Analysis and Synthesis 3: Cosmic Groundwork Physics Today 56N10 10-11 (2003). In the early 1970s Wilczek and Gross used particle accelerators to study quarks and the force that acts on them. Baker, 1986. The Social Benefit of High-Energy Physics Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics, Sup- plement: Elementary Particle Physics (2002). Analysis and Synthesis 1: What Matters for Matter Physics Today 56N5 10-11 (2003). Physical Properties of Metals from a Renormalization Group Standpoint (with C. Nayak), International Jour. Items 153, This anything-goes behavior inspired Wilczek in 1982 to name them "anyons". Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys and a Trip to Stockholm (World Scientific, 2006). 345. 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. Baryogenesis These papers present pioneering discussions of how the phenomenon of baryon number viola- tion, natural within unified gauge models, can lead and initially symmetric Universe to evolve an asymmetry between matter and antimatter, as observed. 1012 Degrees in the Shade (preprinted as Hot Stuff: The High Temperature Frontier), The Sciences, January/February 1994, 22. Lett. Minimal Potentials with Very Many Minima (with Marin Soljacic). At the University of Chicago, where Frank Wilczek was an undergraduate, regularly scheduled classes were "improvised and semivoluntary" amid the turmoil, as he recalls. Phys. Neutrino Deficit Challenges Conservation Laws, Nature 391, 123 (8 Jan. 1998). Several of the other papers here are devoted to analysis of exotic dynamics around non-abelian strings. 69, 132 (1992). cond-mat/9501052 [94/109] Rev. 245. Mod. 106. Rev. Statistical Transmutation, Anyons, and Chern-Simons Theory Lett. Lett. 388. Formation of Structure in an Axion-Dominated Universe (with M. Turner and A. Zee), Phys. Item 286 was commissioned by the director of Brookhaven National Laboratory, Jack Marburger, in response to a kerfluffle in the press about possible exotic, catastrophic risks associated with the RHIC turn-on. 37. 249. Rev. 449. Frank has an insatiable appetite for puzzles and games. Space-Time Approach to Holonomy Scattering (with Y.-S. Wu), Phys. In Item 177 Holzhey and I discussed a class of dilaton black holes that behave much like elementary particles; it later developed, that in certain cases these solutions in fact do correspond to elementary objects in string theory. [91/32] I am especially proud of Items 95 and 122. Remarks on the Chiral Phase Transition in Chromodynamics (with R. Pisarski), Phys. Rev. 312. Rev. He is a co-founding member of the Kosciuszko Foundation of the Collegium of Eminent Scientists of Polish Origin and Ancestry. Lett. Thermal Decay of the Cosmological Constant Into Black Holes (with A. Gomberoff, M. Henneaux, and C. Teitelboim) Phys. 250. It also has more-or-less obvious analogues for many other fields that appear in hypothetical extensions of the Standard Model. Asymptotically Free Gauge Theories, II (with D. Gross), Phys. 277. 189. 252. Quantum Hall States of High Symmetry (with C. Nayak), Nucl. point of view. Rev. Each has become a major focus of world-wide research. , Kramer, and calculated them in a serious, quantitative fashion am!, Physics Today, 11 ( April 1998 ) as Hot Stuff: the subject of the other papers are. V 2, Phys Scientific, July 2008 ), Phys named and.... M. Tegmark, A. Aguirre, and C. Teitelboim ) Phys ( 1994 ) 2740. cond-mat/9405017 [ 94/25 Rev... 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