Residence United States Doctoral advisor Norman Kroll Academic advisor Norman Myles Kroll | Fields Theoretical physics Field Theoretical physics Notable student Leonard Mlodinow | |
Born Eyvind Hugo Wichmann
May 30, 1928 (age 88)
Stockholm, Sweden ( 1928-05-30 ) Institutions University of California, Berkeley Alma mater Columbia University (PhD) Thesis Vacuum Polarization in Strong Coulomb Fields Books Quantum physics, Quantum Physics: Solutions Manuel People also search for Leonard Mlodinow, Norman Myles Kroll, A. Schubert, Richard Feynman Institution University of California, Berkeley | ||
Eyvind Hugo Wichmann (born May 30, 1928 in Stockholm) is an American theoretical physicist.
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Life
Wichmann studied in Finland (Institute of Technology, Helsinki, diploma 1950) and finished his master studies 1953 at the Columbia University, following that with his PhD 1956. From 1955 to 1957 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study. 1957 he became assistant professor and 1967 professor for physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Emeritus since 1993.
His research covers quantum field theory and quantum electrodynamics (both concrete problems of particle physics as well as axiomatic quantum field theory, in which he, in 1975, made the connection to the Tomita–Takesaki theory) and he is well known as the author on the book on quantum physics in the Berkeley physics course.
He is a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. From 1961 to 1963 he was a Sloan Fellow. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.