Aleksandr Akhiezer
Aleksandr (Oleksandr) Akhiezer | |
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Олександр Ілліч Ахієзер | |
| Born | October 31, 1911 |
| Died | May 4, 2000 (aged 88) |
| Education | Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
| Occupation(s) | Theoretical physicist, university lecturer, nuclear physicist |
| Known for | Akhiezer mechanism |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Lev Landau |
| Doctoral students | Mykola Shulga Dmytro Volkov |
Aleksandr (Oleksandr) Ilyich Akhiezer (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Іллі́ч Ахіє́зер, Russian: Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Ахие́зер; 18 (31) October 1911 – May 4, 2000) was a Soviet and Ukrainian theoretical physicist, known for contributions to numerous branches of theoretical physics, including quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, quantum field theory, and the theory of plasma. He was the brother of the mathematician Naum Akhiezer.