Fred Cummings
Fred Cummings | |
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| Born | Frederick William Cummings November 21, 1931 New Orleans, United States |
| Died | January 31, 2019 (aged 87) Marin County, California, United States |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Known for | Jaynes–Cummings model Tavis–Cummings model |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics Cavity quantum electrodynamics Biophysics |
| Institutions | University of California, Riverside |
| Thesis | Comparison of quantum and semiclassical radiation theories with application to the beam maser (1962) |
| Doctoral advisor | E. T. Jaynes |
Frederick Williams Cummings (November 21, 1931 - January 31, 2019) was an American theoretical physicist and professor at the University of California, Riverside. He specialised in cavity quantum electrodynamics, many-body theory, non-linear dynamics, and biophysics. He developed the Jaynes–Cummings model, one atom interacting with a quantized electromagnetic field; as well as the extension of this to N atoms, known as the Tavis–Cummings model.