Henry Primakoff
Henry Primakoff | |
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Генри Хаимович Примако́в | |
| Born | February 12, 1914 |
| Died | February 25, 1983 (aged 69) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (AB, AM) New York University (PhD) |
| Known for | Primakoff effect Holstein–Primakoff transformation |
| Spouse | Mildred Cohn |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1966) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1938-1940) Queens College, New York (1940-1942) Columbia University (1942-1945) New York University (1945-1946) Washington University in St. Louis (1946-1960) University of Pennsylvania (1960-1983) |
Henry Primakoff (Ukrainian: Генрі Примако́в; February 12, 1914 – July 25, 1983) was an American theoretical physicist who is famous for his discovery of the Primakoff effect.
Primakoff contributed to the understanding of weak interactions, double beta decay, spin waves in ferromagnetism, and the interaction between neutrinos and the atomic nucleus. Along with Theodore Holstein, Primakoff also developed the Holstein–Primakoff transformation which is designed to treat spin waves as bosonic excitations.