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Encyclopedia > Frank Wilczek
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Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek
Born May 15, 1951
Mineola, New York, USA
Residence USA
Nationality US
Field Physicist
Institution MIT
Alma Mater University of Chicago, Princeton University
Doctoral Advisor David Gross
Doctoral Students Stephen Wandzura, David Kessler, Richard MacKenzie, Alfred Shapere, David Robertson, Finn Larsen, Maulik Parikh, Michael Forbes, Sean Robinson
Known for Quantum chromodynamics
Prizes Nobel Prize in Physics (2004)
Spouse Betsy Devine
Children Amity and Mira
Religion Lapsed Roman Catholic

‹The template Infobox_Scientist has been proposed for deletion here.›  Download high resolution version (480x640, 21 KB)Frank Wilczek at Harvard - I took the picture and declare it public domain - Lubos Motl --Lumidek 04:20, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Frank Wilczek ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Mineola is a village in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 19,234 at the 2000 census. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private research university located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Its mission and culture are guided by an emphasis on teaching and research grounded in practical applications of science and technology. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... David Gross and his wife in Santa Barbara David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is an American physicist and string theorist. ... Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of the strong interaction, a fundamental force describing the interactions of the quarks and gluons found in nucleons (such as the proton and neutron). ... 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. ... Betsy Devine, co-author of Longing for the Harmonies (with husband Frank Wilczek, an appreciation of moden physics) and Absolute Zero Gravity (with biologist Joel E. Cohen, a collection of science jokes), blogs at Funny Ha-Ha or Funny Peculiar. ...

Frank Wilczek (born May 15, 1951) is a Nobel prize winning American physicist. Along with H. David Politzer and David Gross, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction". May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its 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. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Prof. ... David Gross and his wife in Santa Barbara David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is an American physicist and string theorist. ... 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. ...

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Life

Born in Mineola, New York, of Polish and Italian origin, Wilczek was educated in the public schools of Queens, attending Van Buren High School. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at the University of Chicago in 1970, a Master of Arts in Mathematics at Princeton University, 1972, and a Ph.D. in Physics at Princeton University in 1974. Frank Wilczek holds the Herman Feshbach Professorship of Physics at MIT Center for Theoretical Physics. He worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara. He was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 2004. Mineola is a village in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 19,234 at the 2000 census. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow Queens is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Martin Van Buren High School is a public high school in Queens Village, New York City. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry, is shown here in detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density. ... Institute Professor Emeritus Herman Feshbach of Cambridge, a renowned nuclear physicist and champion of equal opportunity at MIT and around the world, died December 22 2000 of congestive heart failure at Youville Hospital in Cambridge. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private research university located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Its mission and culture are guided by an emphasis on teaching and research grounded in practical applications of science and technology. ... MIT Center for Theoretical Physics is a subdivision of MIT Department of Physics. ... Fuld Hall The Institute for Advanced Study is a private institution in Princeton Township, New Jersey, U.S.A. (although it is not part of Princeton University), designed to foster pure cutting-edge research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the... KITP at night The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) is an institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara. ... Lorentz Medal is an award given every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. ...


He married Betsy Devine on July 3, 1973; they have two children, Amity and Mira. Betsy Devine, co-author of Longing for the Harmonies (with husband Frank Wilczek, an appreciation of moden physics) and Absolute Zero Gravity (with biologist Joel E. Cohen, a collection of science jokes), blogs at Funny Ha-Ha or Funny Peculiar. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...


Research

In 1973, Wilczek, a graduate student working with David Gross 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. The theory--independently discovered by H. David Politzer--was important for the development of quantum chromodynamics. David Gross and his wife in Santa Barbara David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is an American physicist and string theorist. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private 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. ... Prof. ... Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of the strong interaction, a fundamental force describing the interactions of the quarks and gluons found in nucleons (such as the proton and neutron). ...


Wilczek has helped to reveal and develop axions, anyons, asymptotic freedom, the color superconducting phases of quark matter, and other aspects of quantum field theory. He has worked on an unusually wide range of topics, ranging across condensed matter physics, astrophysics, and particle physics. The axion is a hypothetical exotic subatomic particle postulated by Peccei-Quinn theory to resolve the strong-CP problem in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). ... In mathematics and physics, an anyon is a type of projective representation of a Lie group. ... 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. ... Color superconductivity is a phenomenon predicted to occur in quark matter if the baryon density is sufficiently high (well above nuclear density) and the temperature is not too high (well below 1012 kelvins). ... Quark Matter refers to any of a number of phases of matter built out of quarks and gluons. ... Quantum field theory (QFT) is the application of quantum mechanics to fields. ... Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter. ... Spiral Galaxy ESO 269-57 Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties (luminosity, density, temperature and chemical composition) of celestial objects such as stars, galaxies, and the interstellar medium, as well as their interactions. ... 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. ...


His current research includes:

Cosmology, as a branch of astrophysics, is the study of the large-scale structure of the universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its formation and evolution. ... Field theory (mathematics), the theory of the algebraic concept of field. ... Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter. ... Fig. ... This article is about the astronomical body. ...

Trivia

In early 2005, he appeared on an episode of Penn & Teller's Showtime skepticism program, Bullshit. The episode was about ghost hunters, and Dr. Wilczek was an expert used to refute paranormal pseudoscience. Penn (left) & Teller Penn and Teller are a two-man magic and comedy team, comprised of Penn Jillette and Teller. ... Bullshit!, also known as Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, (2003—) is a Showtime Channel television series shown in the United States, Canada, Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ...


Selected publications

Books

  • Fractional Statistics and Anyon Superconductivity, December 1990
  • Geometric Phases in Physics, December 1988
  • Longing for the Harmonies: Themes and Variations in Modern Physics, April 1989 (with Betsy Devine)
  • Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys And a Trip to Stockholm, March 2006

Betsy Devine, co-author of Longing for the Harmonies (with husband Frank Wilczek, an appreciation of moden physics) and Absolute Zero Gravity (with biologist Joel E. Cohen, a collection of science jokes), blogs at Funny Ha-Ha or Funny Peculiar. ...

See also

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. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of the strong interaction, a fundamental force describing the interactions of the quarks and gluons found in nucleons (such as the proton and neutron). ... A neutron star is one of the few possible endpoints of stellar evolution. ... This article is about the astronomical body. ... The axion is a hypothetical exotic subatomic particle postulated by Peccei-Quinn theory to resolve the strong-CP problem in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). ... In astrophysics, dark matter refers to matter that does not emit or reflect enough electromagnetic radiation (such as light, x-rays and so on) to be detected directly, but whose presence may be inferred from its gravitational effects on visible matter. ... In astrophysics, WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles, are hypothetical particles serving as one possible solution to the dark matter problem. ... A quantum number describes the energies of electrons in atoms. ... In mathematics and physics, a soliton is a self-reinforcing solitary wave caused by nonlinear effects in the medium. ... In mathematics and physics, an anyon is a type of projective representation of a Lie group. ... Hall effect diagram, showing electron flow (rather than conventional current). ...

External links


  Results from FactBites:
 
Frank Wilczek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (434 words)
Born in Mineola, New York, of Polish and Italian origin, Wilczek was educated in the public schools of Queens, attending Van Buren High School.
Frank Wilczek holds the Herman Feshbach Professorship of Physics at MIT Center for Theoretical Physics.
Wilczek has helped to reveal and develop axions, anyons, asymptotic freedom, the color superconducting phases of quark matter, and other aspects of quantum field theory.
Wilczek, Frank - Search View - MSN Encarta (665 words)
Wilczek shared the Nobel Prize with American physicists David J. Gross (his graduate-school mentor with whom he collaborated on the prize-winning work) and H. David Politzer, who independently formulated the same theory.
As a graduate student at Princeton in the early 1970s, Wilczek was confronting a mystery involving the strong nuclear force—that is, the force that holds atomic nuclei together.
In addition to the Nobel Prize, Wilczek’s honors and distinctions include election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1990, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship in 1982, and the 1994 Dirac Medal and Prize from the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.
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