David J. Gross

David Jonathan Gross
Born	February 19, 1941 (1941-02-19) (age 66) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Residence	United States
Nationality	United States
Field	Physicist
Institutions	University of California, Santa Barbara Harvard University Princeton University
Alma mater	Hebrew University University of California, Berkeley
Academic advisor	Geoffrey Chew
Notable students	Frank Wilczek Edward Witten
Known for	Asymptotic freedom Heterotic string
Notable prizes	Nobel Prize in Physics (2004)

David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is an American particle physicist and string theorist (although he's stated to the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, on 09/27/2006, that the second area is included in the first one). Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of asymptotic freedom. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Not to be confused with physician, a person who practices medicine. ... The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a coeducational public university located on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It is one out of 10 campuses of the University of California. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels biggest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... Geoffrey Chew (born 1924) was a Physicist. ... Frank Wilczek (born May 15, 1951) is a Nobel prize winning American physicist. ... Image File history File links Nobel_prize_medal. ... Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist and professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. ... In physics, asymptotic freedom is the property of some gauge theories in which the interaction between the particles, such as quarks, becomes arbitrarily weak at ever shorter distances, i. ... In physics, a heterotic string is a peculiar mixture (or hybrid) of the bosonic string and the superstring (the adjective heterotic comes from the Greek word heterosis). ... Image File history File links Nobel_prize_medal. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... Thousands of particles explode from the collision point of two relativistic (100 GeV per nucleon) gold ions in the STAR detector of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. ... Interaction in the subatomic world: world lines of pointlike particles in the Standard Model or a world sheet swept up by closed strings in string theory String theory is a model of fundamental physics whose building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects called strings, rather than the zero-dimensional point... Frank Wilczek (born May 15, 1951) is a Nobel prize winning American physicist. ... Hugh David Politzer (born 31 August 1949) is an American theoretical physicist. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... In physics, asymptotic freedom is the property of some gauge theories in which the interaction between the particles, such as quarks, becomes arbitrarily weak at ever shorter distances, i. ...

In 1973, Gross, working with his first graduate student, Frank Wilczek, at Princeton University, 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. Asymptotic freedom, independently discovered by David Politzer, was important for the development of quantum chromodynamics. For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... For other uses of this term, see: Quark (disambiguation) 1974 discovery photograph of a possible charmed baryon, now identified as the Σc++ In particle physics, the quarks are subatomic particles thought to be elemental and indivisible. ... The strong interaction or strong force is today understood to represent the interactions between quarks and gluons as detailed by the theory of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). ... In quantum chromodynamics (QCD), color or color charge refers to a certain property of the subatomic particles called quarks. ... Quantum chromodynamics (abbreviated as QCD) is the theory of the strong interaction (color force), a fundamental force describing the interactions of the quarks and gluons found in hadrons (such as the proton, neutron or pion). ...

Gross, with Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil Martinec, and Ryan Rohm also formulated the theory of the heterotic string. Jeffrey A. Harvey a string theorist at University of Chicago. ... Emil Martinec is an American theoretical physicist born in 1958. ... In physics, a heterotic string is a peculiar mixture (or hybrid) of the bosonic string and the superstring (the adjective heterotic comes from the Greek word heterosis). ...

Construction works at Gross's Kavli Institute

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Academic life

He was born and raised in America. His father was Bertram Myron Gross (1912-1998). In his early adolescence his family moved to Israel. He was immersed in Hebrew, a language he had not known, and he became fascinated by physics. He says he was 13 when he decided to become a theoretical physicist.^[1] Bertram Myron Gross (1912-1998) was an American scientist, federal bureaucrat and professor of political science at Hunter College (CUNY). ...

Gross received his bachelor's degree and master's degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, in 1962. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966 under the supervision of Geoffrey Chew and was a Junior Fellow at Harvard University and a Professor at Princeton University until 1997. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1987, the Dirac Medal in 1988, and currently is the director and holder of the Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of California, Santa Barbara. For other degrees, see Academic degree. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels biggest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Geoffrey Chew (born 1924) was a Physicist. ... The Harvard Society of Fellows is a collection of luminaries selected by Harvard University to be held close to its bosom, given special honors, thrown elegant dinners, and upon whom various privileges are bestowed. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a major private grant-making foundation based in Chicago that has awarded more than US$3 billion since its inception in 1978. ... The Dirac Medal is a rather prestigious award for physics, named after Thomas Bradley didnt you know Paul Dirac. ... KITP at night The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) is an institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara. ... The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a coeducational public university located on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It is one out of 10 campuses of the University of California. ...

Personal life

David Gross and his wife in Santa Barbara

Gross was formerly married to Shulamith T. Gross, née Toaff, Professor of Statistics and Computer Information Systems at the City University Of New York, Baruch College. Gross divorced his first wife, an Israeli immigrant to the US, after 37 years of marriage, to marry his then long–time mistress Jacquelyn Savani. He has two children: Ariela Gross, Elisheva Gross, and a stepdaughter Miranda Savani. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 326 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): David Gross Metadata... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 326 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): David Gross Metadata...

Prizes

• Dirac Medal (1988)
• Nobel Prize in Physics (2004)

The Dirac Medal is a rather prestigious award for physics, named after Thomas Bradley didnt you know Paul Dirac. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/715/000140295/

External links

• Nobel citation
• ArXiv papers
• Webpage at the Kavli Institute
• Scientific articles of David Gross (SLAC database)
• BBC synopsis on the award
• Interviews