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Frank Wilczek

Born May 15, 1951 (1951-05-15) (age 57)
Mineola, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States
Fields Physics
Institutions MIT
Alma mater University of Chicago
Princeton University
Doctoral advisor David Gross
Doctoral students Mark Alford (*)
Michael Forbes
Martin Greiter
Christoph Holzhey
David Kessler
Finn Larsen
Richard MacKenzie
John March-Russell (*)
Chetan Nayak
Maulik Parikh
Krishna Rajagopal
David Robertson
Sean Robinson
Alfred Shapere
Stephen Wandzura
(*): Jointly a Sidney Coleman student
Known for Quantum chromodynamics
Notable awards Lorentz Medal (2002)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2004)

Frank Anthony Wilczek (born May 15, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Mineola is a Village in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 19233 at the 2000 census New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington DC Sidney Richard Coleman ( 7 March 1937 &ndash 18 November 2007) was an eminent theoretical physicist who studied under Murray Quantum chromodynamics (abbreviated as QCD is a theory of the Strong interaction ( color force a Fundamental force describing the interactions of the Lorentz Medal is an award given every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Theoretical physics employs Mathematical models and Abstractions of Physics in an attempt to explain experimental data taken of the natural world This is a list of Nobel Prize Laureates awarded for their outstanding contributions to Humanitarian causes for Peace, work in Literature He is a member of the World Knowledge Dialogue Scientific Board, and is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wilcek along with H. David Politzer and David Gross were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 for their discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction. Hugh David Politzer (born 31 August 1949) is an American theoretical physicist. David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington DC The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In Physics, asymptotic freedom is the property of some gauge theories in which the interaction between the particles such as Quarks, becomes arbitrarily In particle physics the strong interaction, or strong force, or color force, holds Quarks and Gluons together to form Protons and

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Biography

Born in Mineola, New York, of Polish and Italian origin, Wilczek was educated in the public schools of Queens, attending Martin Van Buren High School. Mineola is a Village in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 19233 at the 2000 census New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Martin Van Buren High School ( MVBHS) is a public high school in Queens Village, New York. 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 University in 1974. A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Wilczek holds the Herman Feshbach Professorship of Physics at MIT Center for Theoretical Physics. Herman Feshbach (born in 1917 in New York City &mdash died 22 December 2000 in Cambridge Massachusetts) was an American physicist MIT Center for Theoretical Physics is a subdivision of MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics He worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara. The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton New Jersey, United States is a center for theoretical research The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics ( KITP) is an institute of the University of California Santa Barbara. He was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 2002. Lorentz Medal is an award given every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Wilczek was married to Betsy Devine on July 3, 1973, and together have two daughters, Amity and Mira. Betsy Devine (born 1946 is a journalist author and blogger She earned a master's degree in engineering from Princeton and according to her self-description has "many years Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.

Research

In 1973 Wilczek, a graduate student working with David Gross at Princeton University, discovered asymptotic freedom, which holds that the closer quarks are to each other, the less the strong interaction (or color charge) between them; when quarks are in extreme proximity, the nuclear force between them is so weak that they behave almost as free particles. David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington DC Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. In Physics, a quark (kwɔrk kwɑːk or kwɑːrk is a type of Subatomic particle. In particle physics the strong interaction, or strong force, or color force, holds Quarks and Gluons together to form Protons and In Particle physics, color charge is a property of Quarks and Gluons which are related to their Strong interactions in the context of Quantum The theory, which was independently discovered by H. David Politzer, was important for the development of quantum chromodynamics. Hugh David Politzer (born 31 August 1949) is an American theoretical physicist. Quantum chromodynamics (abbreviated as QCD is a theory of the Strong interaction ( color force a Fundamental force describing the interactions of the

Wilczek has helped to reveal and develop axions, anyons, asymptotic freedom, the color superconducting phases of quark matter, and other aspects of quantum field theory. The axion is a hypothetical Elementary particle postulated by Peccei-Quinn theory in 1977 to resolve the Strong-CP problem in Quantum chromodynamics In Mathematics and Physics, an anyon is a type of particle that only occurs in two-dimensional systems In Physics, asymptotic freedom is the property of some gauge theories in which the interaction between the particles such as Quarks, becomes arbitrarily Color superconductivity is a phenomenon predicted to occur in quark matter if the Baryon density is sufficiently high (well above nuclear density and the temperature Quark matter or QCD matter (see QCD) refers to any of a number of theorized phases of matter whose degrees of freedom include Quarks and Gluons In quantum field theory (QFT the forces between particles are mediated by other particles He has worked on an unusually wide range of topics, ranging across condensed matter physics, astrophysics, and particle physics. Condensed matter physics is the field of Physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of Matter. Astrophysics is the branch of Astronomy that deals with the Physics of the Universe, including the physical properties ( Luminosity, Particle physics is a branch of Physics that studies the elementary constituents of Matter and Radiation, and the interactions between them

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Persondata
NAME Wilczek, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Physicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Mineola, New York, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Mineola is a Village in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 19233 at the 2000 census New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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