He received his undergraduate diploma and his Ph.D. degree both from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in 1949 and 1952, respectively. He pursued his postdoctoral studies at the University of Chicago during 1953-54.
Academic life
Barut was an assistant professor at Reed College during 1954-55 and then joined the faculty at Syracuse University in 1956. He became a professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1962 and served for 32 years.
Research areas
His research interests centered on group theoretic methods in physics. His books include Theory of the Scattering Matrix, Electrodynamics and Classical Theory of Fields and Particles and Representations of Noncompact Groups and Applications. Asım Orhan Barut was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1966.
Barut's books
Quantum Systems, Barut, Asim O.; Feranchuk, I. D.; Shnir, Yu M., 1995, ISBN 9810220995, World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated.
Polarization Dynamics in Nuclear & Particle Physics, Barut, Asim O., Paver, N.; Penzo, A.; Raczka, R., 1993, ISBN 9810214235, World Scientific Publishing Company.
Selected Scientific Papers of E. U. Condon, Barut, Asim O., 1991, ISBN 0387974202, Springer-Verlag New York.
Selected Popular Writings of E. U. Condon, Barut, Asim O., 1991, ISBN 0387974210, Springer-Verlag New York.
Spin & Polarization Dynamics in Nuclear & Particle Physics, 1990, ISBN 9810200188, World Scientific Publishing Company.
New Frontiers in Quantum Electrodynamics & Quantum Optics, Barut, Asim O., 1990, ISBN 0306436698, Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Geometry & Physics, Barut, Asim O., 1989, ISBN 8870882241, American Institute of Physics (A I P Press).
Dynamical Groups & Spectrum Generating Algebra, Barut, Asim O.; Bohm, A.; Ne'Eman, Yuval, 1988, ISBN 0318420643, World Scientific Publishing Company.
Dynamical Groups & Spectrum Generating Algebra, Barut, Asim O.; Bohm, A.; Ne'Eman, Yuval, 1988, ISBN 9971501473, World Scientific Publishing Company.
Selected Scientific Papers of Alfred Lande, Barut, Asim O. (ed.), 1987, ISBN 9027725942, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Conformal Groups & Related Symmetries - Physical Results & Mathematical Background, Barut, Asim O. (ed.), 1986, ISBN 0387171630, Springer-Verlag New York.
Quantum Space & Time - The Quest Continues, Barut, Asim O. (ed.), 1984, ISBN 0521319110, Cambridge University Press.
Quantum Electrodynamics & Quantum Optics, Barut, Asim O. (ed.), 1984, ISBN 0306417308, Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Quantum Theory, Groups, Fields & Particles, Barut, Asim O. (ed.), 1983, ISBN 9027715521, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Electrodynamics & Classical Theory of Fields & Particles, Barut, Asim O., 1980, ISBN 0486640388, Dover Publications, Incorporated.
Foundations of Radiation Theory & Quantum Electrodynamics, Barut, Asim O. (ed.), 1980, ISBN 0306402777, Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Group Theory in Non-Linear Problems, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Barut, Asim O. (ed.), 1974, ISBN 9027704120, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Studies in Mathematical Physics, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Barut, Asim O. (ed.), 1973, ISBN 9027704058, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Lectures in Theoretical Physics, Barut, Asim O. (ed.), 1973, ISBN 0870810472, University Press of Colorado.
Scattering Theory, Barut, Asim O. 1969, ISBN 0677127308, Gordon & Breach Publishing Group.
Boulder Lecture Notes in Theoretical Physics, Barut, Asim O. (ed.), 1967, ISBN 0677129009, Gordon & Breach Publishing Group.
