Joaquin Mazdak Luttinger
American physicist (1923-1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joaquin (Quin) Mazdak Luttinger (December 2, 1923 – April 6, 1997) was an American physicist well known for his contributions to the theory of interacting electrons in one-dimensional metals[1] (the electrons in these metals are said to be in a Luttinger-liquid state) and the Fermi-liquid theory. He received his BS and PhD in physics from MIT in 1947.[2] His brother was the physical chemist Lionel Luttinger (1920–2009) and his nephew is the mathematician Karl Murad Luttinger (born 1961).
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Joaquin Mazdak Luttinger | |
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Born | (1923-12-02)2 December 1923 New York City, United States |
Died | 6 April 1997(1997-04-06) (aged 73) New York City, USA |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Known for | Luttinger liquid Luttinger's theorem Luttinger parameter Luttinger–Kohn model Luttinger–Ward functional Anomalous Hall effect Kohn–Luttinger superconductivity |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1974) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics of interacting particles |
Institutions | University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University |
Notable students | T. V. Ramakrishnan |
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