Lars Brink
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Lars Brink | |
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| Lars Elof Gustaf Brink | |
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| Born | November 12, 1943 |
| Died | 29 October 2022 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Citizenship | Swedish |
| Alma mater | University of Gothenburg |
| Known for | Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, superstrings |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Jan S. Nilsson |
| Doctoral students | Ingemar Bengtsson |
Lars Elof Gustaf Brink (born 12 November 1943 - died 29 October 2022) was a Swedish theoretical physicist.
He made significant and well-cited contributions in supersymmetry, supergravity, superspace, and superstrings., and the connections among them.[1] In 1977, with John Schwarz and Joël Scherk, he introduced the first supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories.[2]
During 1971–1973, he was member of the theory group at CERN.[3]
Starting in 1986, he had been professor of theoretical physics at Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenburg.[4] Brink is one of the pioneers of superstring theory, since the 1970s (at CERN and Caltech). He coordinated the EU network Superstring Theory 1991–1995 and 2000–2008.[5]
In 1997 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[6]
In 2001 and 2004 and in 2008 to 2013 he was a member of the Nobel Committee for Physics and its chairman in 2013.
References
- ^ Brink, L., Di Vecchia, P., & Howe, P. (1976). "A locally supersymmetric and reparametrization invariant action for the spinning string", Physics Letters B65(5), 471-474. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(76)90445-7; Green, Michael; Schwarz, John; Brink, Lars (1982). "N=4 Yang-Mills and N=8 Supergravity as Limits of String Theories". Nucl Phys. B198: 474–492. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(82)90336-4.
- ^ Brink, Lars; Schwarz, John; Scherk, Joël (1977). "Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories". Nuclear Physics. B121 (1): 77–92. Bibcode:1977NuPhB.121...77B. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(77)90328-5. ISSN 0550-3213.
- ^ "Inspire author profile page for Brink, Lars".
- ^ "UM RECEIVES FORMER NOBEL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN". Macau Daily Times. February 4, 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Seminar "Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes" by Prof. Lars Brink (see "biography")".
- ^ "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences : members".
External links
- Oral history interview transcript for Lars Brink on 27 May 2021, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
- Author profile in Google Scholar
- ORCID
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