Nationality Israeli Doctoral advisor David Bohm Fields Physicist | Name Yakir Aharonov Role Physicist | |
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Born 28 August 1932 (age 91)
Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine ( 1932-08-28 ) Institutions Perimeter Institute
Chapman University
Tel Aviv University
University of South Carolina
George Mason University
Brandeis University
Yeshiva University Alma mater Technion (B.S., 1956)
Bristol University (Ph.D., 1960) Doctoral students Avi Marchewka
David Albert
Avshalom Elitzur
Lev Vaidman Known for Aharonov–Bohm effect
Weak measurement
Two-state vector formalism Education University of Bristol, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Awards Wolf Prize in Physics, National Medal of Science for Physical Science, EMET Prize in Exact Sciences Similar People David Bohm, Lev Vaidman, Michael Berry, David Albert, Sandu Popescu | ||
Residence United States of America Notable students Lev Vaidman, David Albert | ||
Interview with yakir aharonov
Yakir Aharonov (Hebrew: יקיר אהרונוב; born on August 28, 1932) is an Israeli physicist specializing in quantum physics. He is a Professor of Theoretical Physics and the James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at Chapman University in California. He is also a distinguished professor in the Perimeter Institute and a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University in Israel. He is president of the IYAR, The Israeli Institute for Advanced Research.
Contents
- Interview with yakir aharonov
- Chapman university s yakir aharonov ph d receives the medal of science
- Biography
- Academic career
- Awards and recognition
- References
Chapman university s yakir aharonov ph d receives the medal of science
Biography
Yakir Aharonov was born in Haifa. He received his undergraduate education at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, graduating with a BSc in 1956. He continued his graduate studies at the Technion and then moved to Bristol University, UK together with his doctoral advisor David Bohm, receiving a PhD degree in 1960.
Academic career
His research interests are nonlocal and topological effects in quantum mechanics, quantum field theories and interpretations of quantum mechanics. In 1959, he and David Bohm proposed the Aharonov–Bohm effect for which he co-received the 1998 Wolf Prize.
In 1988 Aharonov et al. published their theory of weak values. This work was motivated by Aharonov's long time quest to experimentally verify his theory that apparently random events in quantum mechanics are caused by events in the future (two-state vector formalism). Verifying a present effect of a future cause requires a measurement, which would ordinarily destroy coherence and ruin the experiment. He and his colleagues claim that they were able to use weak measurements and verify the present effect of the future cause.
2008–Present: Professor of Theoretical Physics and the James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at Chapman University
2006–2008: Professor at George Mason University
1973–2006: Joint professorship at Tel Aviv University and the University of South Carolina
1967–1973: Joint professorship at Tel Aviv University and Yeshiva University
1964–1967: Associate Professor, Yeshiva University
1961–1964: Assistant Professor, Yeshiva University
1960–1961: Research Associate, Brandeis University
Awards and recognition
1978: Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
1984: Weizmann Prize in Physics
1984: Rothschild Prize in Physics
1989: Israel Prize in exact science
1990: Elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
1991: The Elliott Cresson Medal – The Franklin Institute
1992: Honorary Doctor of Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
1993: Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
1993: Honorary Doctor of Science, University of South Carolina, USA
1995: Hewlett–Packard Europhysics Prize
1997: Honorary Doctor of Science, Bristol University, UK
1998: Wolf Prize in Physics
1999: Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006: EMET Prize in Exact Science
In 2009, the information service Thomson Reuters named Aharonov as leading candidate for the 2009 Nobel prize in physics, based on his work's influence on quantum physics.
2010: National Medal of Science, awarded and presented by President Barack Obama.