Walter Thirring
Walter E. Thirring | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 April 1927 |
| Died | 19 August 2014 (aged 87) Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Innsbruck (Ph.D., 1949) |
| Known for | Thirring model Thirring–Wess model Lieb-Thirring inequality |
| Parent | Hans Thirring (father) |
| Awards | Erwin Schrödinger Prize (1969) Max Planck Medal (1978) Henri Poincaré Prize (2000) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | University of Vienna |
| Doctoral advisor | Felix Ehrenhaft |
| Doctoral students | Peter C. Aichelburg Peter Freund Peter Grassberger |
Walter Eduard Thirring (29 April 1927 – 19 August 2014) was an Austrian physicist after whom the Thirring model in quantum field theory is named. He was the son of the physicist Hans Thirring.