Alexander Markovich Polyakov

Alexander M. Polyakov
Born (1945-09-27) 27 September 1945 (age 79)
Alma materMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Known for't Hooft–Polyakov monopole
BPST instanton
Polyakov action
Conformal bootstrap
Belavin–Polyakov–Zamolodchikov equations
Liouville field theory
AdS/CFT correspondence
Polyakov loop
Higgs mechanism
Higher-spin theory
Polyakov formula
AwardsMax Planck Medal (2021)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2013)
Lars Onsager Prize (2011)
Harvey Prize (2010)
Pomeranchuk Prize (2004)
Oskar Klein Medal (1996)
Lorentz Medal (1994)
Dannie Heineman Prize (1986)
Dirac Medal of the ICTP (1986)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical high energy physics
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
Doctoral advisorKaren Ter-Martirosian

Alexander Markovich Polyakov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ма́ркович Поляко́в; born 27 September 1945) is a Russian theoretical physicist, formerly at the Landau Institute in Moscow and, since 1989, at Princeton University, where he is the Joseph Henry Professor of Physics Emeritus.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Princeton celebrates Polyakov's 60th". CERN Courier (Mar 1): 2. 2006. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  2. ^ "Alexander Polyakov | Department of Physics".

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