Rev. D30, 130 (1984). In item 372 Robinson and I found a nice connection between Hawking radiation and gravitational anomalies: the radiation cancels the anomaly in the effective theory of the black hole exterior. Rev. Phys. 348. From Electronics to Anyonics Physics World 19 22 (2006). 421. 97. 344. cond-mat/9507016 [95/59] D63 4502-4505 (2001). Rev. The deepest of these consequences result from the infinite number of degrees of freedom invoked to implement locality. Phys. Mass Without Mass I: Most of Matter Physics Today 52N11 (1999). D12, 106 (1975). A 9, 3713, (1994). Geometric Phase in Dynamics Lett. 116. 78, 4679, (1997). 29. Still to this day I think the quantum theory of angular momentum is one of the absolute pinnacles of human achievement. Gross and H. David Politzer, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2004 for discoveries regarding the strong force the nuclear force that binds together quarks (the smallest building blocks of matter) and holds together the nucleus of the atom. Wilczek was a finalist in 1967 and ultimately won fourth place, based on a mathematical project involving group theory. 352. Phys. Analysis and Synthesis 3: Cosmic Groundwork Physics Today 56N10 10-11 (2003). 57. [29] On January 25, 2013, Wilczek received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University, Sweden. They were provoked by the SuperK observation of neutrino mass, which greatly 363. 417. 319. Selected Publications Statistical Transmutation, Anyons, and Chern-Simons Theory . Lett B 375, 37, 1996. hepth/ 9511064 [95/92] Liberating Quarks and Gluons, Nature, 391 , 330-331, (22 Jan. 1998). Rev. Wilczek also contributed to the study of questions relating to cosmology, condensed matter physics, and black holes. [7], Wilczek was educated in the public schools of Queens, attending Martin Van Buren High School. Letts. Neutrino Deficit Challenges Conservation Laws, Nature 391, 123 (8 Jan. 1998). Frank Wilczek 17 Lett. It still appears as if this symmetry, or some closely related variant, is also necessary. For more than two mutually space-like separated events that is not so, and a pretty geometry of possibilities emerges, as we explored in item 461. 246. During the period 198188, he was the Chancellor Robert Huttenback Professor of Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the first permanent member of the National Science Foundations Institute for Theoretical Physics. This is a cluster of papers concerned with the quantum theory of black holes. 159. 157. Wikipedia notes Frank Anthony Wilczek (born May 15, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and a Nobel laureate. This is now known as the Dimopoulos-Wilczek mechanism. 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Item 30 introduced the Higgs-gluon-gluon coupling, which plays a central role in the anticipated phenomenology of that particle. Longing for the Harmonies [a book] W.W. Norton (January, 1988). We proposed one such gauge theory, now known as. [MIT-CTP-3709]. Frank Wilczek in September 2010 ILLUSTRATION: JUAN HERRERO/European Pressphoto . Rev. Nobel Lecture and Biography. Rev. Lett. [17], Wilczek said that "the world embodies beautiful ideas" but "although this may inspire a spiritual interpretation, it does not require one". Weak Decays of Charmed Hadrons (with R.L. Lett. 53, 2203 (1983). Lett. He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), distinguished professor at Arizona State University (ASU) and full professor at Stockholm University. 211-219. 266. I liked the title so much that I took it over for a more popular talk (item 390) which, in evolved forms, Ive given in dozens of places around the world over several years. Phys. B602 307-328 (2001). . B92, 95 (1980). Inequivalent Embeddings of SU(2) and Instanton Interactions, Phys. 69, 132 (1992). In Item 99, Zee and I showed how one could extend Berrys celebrated phase to a nonabelian setting. This theory forms the key to the interpretation of almost all experimental studies involving modern particle accelerators. Baryogenesis These papers present pioneering discussions of how the phenomenon of baryon number viola- tion, natural within unified gauge models, can lead and initially symmetric Universe to evolve an asymmetry between matter and antimatter, as observed. He is the prize-winning author of numerous books, including A Beautiful Question and Longing for the Harmonies.Wilczek is the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT; founding director of the T. D. Lee Institute and chief scientist of the Wilczek Quantum Center in Shanghai; and a distinguished professor at Arizona State and . 229. ), 367, (1998). He has received many honors for his work, notably including the Nobel Prize. B 455, 493, (1995). QCD: Diquarks The attractive force between quarks plays a central role in the theory of QCD at high density. 164. 462.ModelsofTopologyChange(withAlfredShapereandZhaoxiXiong)hep-th1210.3545, [ MIT-CTP 4397] (October 2012) Mathematics of Gauge Theory On a few occassions I have published exploratory mathematical ideas that seemed to me espe- cially pretty or naturally connected to physics, without any immediate sense of how they might be applied. According to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences when awarding Wilczek its Lorentz Medal in 2002,[34]. Quantum Hair on Black Holes (with S. Coleman and J.Preskill), Nucl. 419. Lett. 34, 52 (1975). [91/70] We point out additional contributions to proton decay amplitudes which arise more-or-less directly from the interactions that generate neutrino mass, and try to provide serious quantitative estimates of the expected rates. In special relativity two space-like separated events will appear, to different inertial observers, to occur in either time order. Quantum Field Theory, in the American Physical Society Centenary issue of Rev. Politzer, S.B. It was later found to be embodied, with some refinements, in the projective ribbon statistics of Freedman, Hastings, Nayak et al. 453. I discuss the general principles underlying quantum field theory, and attempt to identify its most profound consequences. Advantages and Distinguishing Features of Focus Point Supersymmetry (with J. Feng) Phys. 2: Rationalizations Physics Today 57N12 10-11 (2004). [91/33] 279. 49, 957 (1982). Omissions? I mention a few of its most striking successes, both achieved and prospective. Quantum physics: Majorana modes materialize Nature 486 195-197 (June 2012) [MIT- CTP 4376] Frank Wilczek shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Gross and H. David Politzer for their discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction. Formation of Structure in an Axion-Dominated Universe (with M. Turner and A. Zee), Phys. 135. A Nobel Prize-winner tries to pick his favorite music, fix a faulty algorithm and make some quantum computing leaps. Frank Wilczek. Gauge Kinematics of Deformable Bodies (with A. Shapere), Am. and T. Yu) Phys. hep-ph/9711395 [97/119] 141. Rev. Frank Wilczek is a theoretical physicist, author, and intellectual adventurer. I took the opportunity to talk about the wide-ranging scientific impact of our work, which extends far beyond the profound but esoteric paradoxes that provoked it. Lett. Tippett: Frank Wilczek won the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics for his discoveries about quarks that helped illuminate our understanding of the 4 fundamental forces of nature in the Standard Model of physics though Frank Wilczek more poetically calls the Standard Model the Core Theory. B482 388-399 (2000). 62, 1071 (1989). 249. Corrections? We discussed how a proper treatment of spatial fluctations can invalidate the usual treatment of chemical kinetics, which implicitly assumes homogeneity. Since 2002, he has been an Adjunct Professor in the . 2n Quasihole States Realize 2n1-Dimensional Spinor Braiding Statistics in Paired Quantum Hall States (with Chetan Nayak), Nucl. 267. 30. Rev. 12. Rev. 78. 280. 339. 332 QCD and Natural Philosophy Annales Henri Poincare 4 S211-S228 (2003). . 124. B 10, 2125, (1996). Frank has an insatiable appetite for puzzles and games. He later served on the faculty at Princeton (197481) and taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara (198088). While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. hep-th/9112054 [91/92] M. Shifman 2016-2151 (World Scientific, 2001). Rev. So let me answer each of them separately. 48, 1144 (1982). Supersymmetric Unified Models (with S. Dimopoulos), in The Unity of the Fundamental Interactions, ed. 430. Later authors including Cardy developed a very pretty renormalization group analysis of the phenomena we found here, and generalizations. 38 (2010) pp. Research Areas High Energy and Particle Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory (617) 253-0284 wilczek@mit.edu Office: 6-301 96 151302 (2006). Mod. B 422, 247-256, (1998). A Piece of Magic: The Dirac Equation It Must be Beautiful ed. Quantum Hall States of High Symmetry (with C. Nayak), Nucl. Rev. Welcome to your new Drupal site! [12], Wilczek met Betsy Devine at Princeton, when both watched the televised 1972 Fisher-Spassky chess matches. Precision Precession Nature 410 28-20 (2001). D19, 1036 (1979). 65. Frank Wilczek, a theoretical physicist and mathematician who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004, is joining Arizona State University as a professor in the physics department. Lett. The statistics of these objects, like their spin, interpolates continuously between the usual boson and fermion cases. [93/50] His current research focus includes Axions, Anyons, and Time . It was around this time Wilczek's parents realized that he was exceptional - in part as a result of Frank Wilczek having been administered an IQ test. In Items 203 and 205 we show, by tough concrete calculations, how the worst aspects of the inconsistency can be relieved by enforcing full energy conservation (including gravitational self- energy). Phys.B Proc. Implicitly, and in part explicitly, they present my vision of physics. And we proposed specific experimental tests of our ideas. B337, 695 (1990). Lett. 328. 1 No. The Condensed Matter Physics of QCD (with K. Rajagopal) Handbook of QCD ed. Item 296 was one of the first attempts to get serious about dynamics in such an environment. Fractional Statistics and Anyon Superconductivity, a monograph and reprint collection, World Scientific (September, 1990). 56, 893 (1986). 53, 722 (1984). 6 128. 455. Items 120, 123, 124, and 128 demonstrate the use of gauge theory concepts to describe two problems in the mechanics of deformable bodies: self-orientation (say of divers or falling cats) at zero angular momentum, and self-propulsion (say of bacteria) at low Reynolds number. Betsy Devine (born 1946) is an American author, journalist, and blogger, with published works including Longing for the Harmonies (1988), an appreciation of modern physics with Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, and of Absolute Zero Gravity (1993), a collection of light-hearted material about science, with biologist Joel E. Cohen. Phys. 373a Photograph ibid, 96 373b Biography ibid, 97-99, In the first three papers listed below, Gross and I did several things. B 479, 529, (1996). Problems of Strong P and T Invariance in the Presence of Instantons, Phys. Quantum Chromodynamics: Lifestyles of the small and simple, Nature Physics 3 N6 375-6 (June, 2007) [MIT-CTP 3848]. hep-ph/9712307 [97/136] Might Our Vacuum be Metastable? 414. Possible Form of Vacuum Deformation by Heavy Particles (with R. MacKenzie and A. Zee), Phys. Item 238 was prepared as part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Princeton University. Frank has an insatiable appetite for puzzles and games. The most dramatic of these, that protons viewed at ever higher resolution would appear more and more as field energy (soft glue), was only clearly verified at HERA twenty years later. The internet is an amazing source of information (and misinformation) about almost any topic. [6], He earned a Master of Arts in Mathematics in 1972 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1974, both from Princeton University. Rev. Miscellaneous Frank Wilczek 5 Han r professor vid Massachusetts Institute of Technology i USA. Phys. gr-qc/9406042 [94/46] QCD: High Density We explored many examples, including some with scalar fields and some with non- trivial weak-coupling infrared fixed points. [45][47], In 2012 he proposed the idea of a time crystal. It was an honor to be asked to write item 444, for the major book celebrating 50 years of BCS theory. On Absolute Units 2: Challenges and Responses Physics Today 59N1 10-11 (2005). 286. Review of Speculative Disaster Scenarios at RHIC (with W. Busza, R. Jaffe, and J. Sandweiss) Rev. Fluid Mech. In 2004 I shared the physics Nobel Prize for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction. Introduction to Quantum Matter Nobel Symposium 148: Graphene and Quantum Mat- ter, eds. Simple Realizations of Magnetic Monopole Gauge Fields: Diatoms and Spin Proces- sion (with J. Moody and A. Shapere), Phys. B449, 24-29, (1999). I put a lot of thought into them, and I am generally pleased with how they came out. As a matter of principle I have tried in these pieces to take on subjects that are under-reported, other things being equal. 66, 3205 (1991) [91/18]. . When the distance between two quarks increased, however, the force became greateran effect analogous to the stretching of a rubber band. What to Do If You Are Hurt on the Job Workers' Comp Forms for School Security Supervisors In recent years, that battleground has come to appear a rutted landscape. encourages this circle of ideas. In 2004, he was part of the team that won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the . Rev. Item 130 has become the standard reference on its subject matter. 55, 1797 (1985). hep-ph/9810509 [98-90] High Density Quark Matter and the Renormalization Group in QCD with Two and Three Flavors: Showing how the renormalization of Fermi liquid parameters in QCD is surprisingly tractable, and identifying the favored couplings. Item 310 describes the interesting, thin but highly structured wall that will separate normal nuclear matter from the much denser CFL phase in neutron stars, if no other phases intervene. 251. [91/32] 149. Rev. Rev. In Item 236 Larsen and I made a first attempt to apply the improved understanding of string black holes to cosmology. We find a detailed match between the calculable properties of the high-density (quark) phase and the properties of the low-density (nuclear) phase one has learned to expect from phenomenology, numerics, etc. Item 50 was the first to address the problem that later interactions tend to restore equilibrium in a serious, quantitative fashion. Riemann-Einstein Structure from Volume and Gauge Symmetry, Phys. Frank Wilczek was a Member (1976-78) in the School of Natural Sciences prior to his tenure on the Institute's Faculty. Wilczek writes with breathtaking economy and clarity,. 55, 25 (1985). B49, 291 (1974). Rev. Phys. 43. 281. Total Relativity: Mach 2004, Physics Today, 57N410-11 (2004) [MIT-CTP 3482]. He is also an avid, though mediocre, musician. Minimal Potentials with Very Many Minima (with Marin Soljacic). [5], Born in Mineola, New York, Wilczek is of Polish and Italian origin. Color-Flavor Locking and Chiral Symmetry Breaking in High Density QCD, (with M. Alford and K. Rajagopal), Nucl. Remarks on the Chiral Phase Transition in Chromodynamics (with R. Pisarski), Phys. A Long View of Particle Physics, Solvay Conference Proceedings The Theory of the Quantum World ed. 350 From Concept to Reality to Vision Eur. Asymptotic Freedom, Lecture on receipt of the Dirac Medal, October 1994, published by ICTP, Trieste, Italy. Jour. One aspect of this, which requires less radical departures than the full program, is a connection between the meaning of the cosmolog- ical term (initial value versus microscopically determinate) and the question whether one should require invariance under volume-changing transformations. Rev. Suggested New Modes in Supersymmetric Proton Decay, (with K.S. Lett. At the University of Chicago, where Frank Wilczek was an undergraduate, regularly scheduled classes were "improvised and semivoluntary" amid the turmoil, as he recalls. Wilczek grew up in New York City and attended public school in Queens, graduating from high school in two years. A6, 2353 (1991). Phys. Selected Publications Adiabatic Methods in Field Theory, in TASI Lectures in Elementary Particle Physics, ed. 120. Classical Time Crystals Alfred Shapere and Frank Wilczek Phys. 193. 222. He has received many prizes for his work, including a Nobel Prize in Physics. Here are a few URLs if you want to dig into elementary particles and unification. J. Phys. 52, 1524 (1984). translation symmetry might be spontaneously broken, in classical and quantum theory respectively. [6] 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 . Selected Publications. Space-Time Aspects of Quasiparticle Propagation (with R. Levien and C. Nayak) Int. Frank Wilczek 23 ng nhn bng C nhn Khoa hc v Ton hc ti i hc Chicago nm 1970, . Lett. Frank Anthony Wilczek (/wltk/;[2] born May15, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and Nobel laureate. D24, 1681 (1981). 3. Whence the Force of F=ma? 143. When quarks were brought very close together, the force was so weak that the quarks acted almost as if they were free particles not bound together by any force. Lett., 80, 4851, (1998). Rev. 176. About Frank. Lett. It was around this time Wilczek's parents realized that he was exceptional - in part as a result of Frank Wilczek having been administered an IQ test. 265. Each has become a major focus of world-wide research. Anyons, Scientific American 264, #5, p. 58 (May, 1991). 241. B 411, 112-116, (1997). 386 Example of a Hidden Flavor Sector (with B. Patt and D. Tucker-Smith) hep-ph/0509295 (2005). 263. Lett. Lett. Populated Domain Walls (with C. Nayak), Phys. Turner), Nucl. D8, 3633 (1973). 163. 2) 12-25, (Dec. 1996). 66, 5 (1991). 178. Rev. 458. [31] In 2022 he was awarded the Templeton Prize[32] for work that reveals "a vision of a universe that he regards as embodying mathematical beauty at the scales of the magnificently large and unimaginably small".[33]. An Explorer and Surveyor [on Hermann Weyl] Nature 437 1095 (2005). 327. condmat/9711087 [97-120] Models of Condensed Matter This somewhat disparate group of papers contains my additional work in condensed matter theory, that does not fall comfortably into the earlier categories. 355. Abstract. He taught at Princeton from 197481. That portal idea, elaborated in item 401, has become quite influential. This is a cluster of papers wherein the methods of superconductivity theory are applied to QCD at high density. D59, 054502, (1999). Particle Physics and Cosmology: Foundation and Working Pictures, in The Very Early Universe, eds. Laureates are asked to prepare a public scientific lecture for delivery in Stockholm, and later to supply a brief biography to be published along with it. Phys. 346. 68, 2567 (1992). Rev. Gibbons, Hawking, Siklos (Cambridge University Press, 1983). 354. Rev . Items 106 and 109 present ideas for neutrino and dark matter detection, that have influenced experimental work. Items 115 and 423 are full-scale popular books, that have reached large audiences. 65B, 391 (1976). D30, 2260 (1984). Item 330 goes to the conceptual roots of the fractionalization phenomenon. 256. 401. Item 89 arose out of discussions of the annihilation of magnetic monoples and antimonopoles in the early Universe, but quickly took on a different flavor. Hes helped reveal and develop axions, anyons, asymptotic freedom, the color superconducting phases of quark matter and other aspects of quantum field theory. [18][19], Wilczek is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Future of Life Institute, an organization that works to mitigate existential risks facing humanity, particularly existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence. PHYSICIST Frank A. Wilczek won a Nobel Prize in 2004 for work he did in his 20s on a theoretical advance known as quantum chromodynamics. Several of the other papers here are devoted to analysis of exotic dynamics around non-abelian strings. The two scientistsand Politzer working independentlyobserved that quarks were so tightly bound together that they could not be separated as individual particles but that the closer quarks approached one another, the weaker the strong force became. 393. Rev. Item 353 is a high-level discussion of 86 3492-3495 (2001). Black Holes 394. 65, 3080 (1990). Author Frank Wilczek has been playing with unified visions of nature since, as a 21 year-old physics grad student, he did work that won him the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics. Lett. 4. Fun with Monopoles and Axions, in The Very Early Universe, eds. 80. Operator Analysis of Nucleon Decay (with A. Zee), Phys. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frank-Wilczek, The Nobel Foundation - Autobiography of Frank Wilczek. in mathematics (1972) and a Ph.D. in physics (1974). The 123 Sigma Rule The 123 Sigma Ruleis a set benchmarks. Phys. His. It was around this time Wilczek's parents realized that he was exceptionalin part as a result of Frank Wilczek having been administered an IQ test. Quantum Numbers of Textured Hall Effect Quasiparticles (with C. Nayak), Phys. Lett. B 516, 704-718 (1998). 172. 72. Phys. Continuity of Quark and Hadron Matter, (with T. Scha efer), Phys. Peter Freund played a big role in my life, though, because he taught this course on group theory, or symmetry in physics thathe was so enthusiastic, and he really gushedand it's beautiful material. He has received many honors for his work, notably including the Nobel Prize. Lett. Selected Publications Low Energy Manifestations of Heavy Particles: Application to Neutral Current (with J. Collins and A. Zee), Phys. [1] His grandparents were immigrants, who "really did work with their hands", according to Wilczek, but Frank's father took night school classes to educate himself, working as a repairman to support his family. Rev. 317. Gross and H. David Politzer, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2004 for discoveries regarding the strong forcethe nuclear force that binds together quarks (the smallest building blocks of matter) and holds together the nucleus of the atom.
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