Roman Jackiw
Roman Jackiw | |
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Jackiw in 2013 | |
| Born | 8 November 1939 |
| Died | 14 June 2023 (aged 83) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College (BA) Cornell University (PhD) |
| Known for | Adler–Bell–Jackiw anomaly Jackiw–Teitelboim gravity Theta vacuum |
| Children | Stefan Jackiw Nicholas Jackiw |
| Awards | Dirac Medal (1998) Heineman Prize (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | MIT |
| Thesis | Nonperturbative solutions of the Bethe-Salpeter equation for the vertex function (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Bethe Kenneth G. Wilson |
| Doctoral students | Andrea diSessa Andrew Strominger Joseph Lykken |
Roman Wladimir Jackiw (/ˈroʊmɑːn ˈdʒɑːkiːv/; Polish: [ˈrɔman ˈjakʲiv]; November 8, 1939 – June 14, 2023) was a Polish-born American theoretical physicist and Dirac Medallist.