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Alexander Markovich Polyakov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ма́ркович Поляко́в; born 27 September 1945) is a Russian theoretical physicist, formerly at the Landau Institute in Moscow and, since 1989, at Princeton University, where he is the Joseph Henry Professor of Physics Emeritus.
Alexander “Sasha” Markovich Polyakov, one of the world’s preeminent theoretical physicists and a leading authority on quantum field theory and string theory, transferred to emeritus on July 1, 2023, after thirty-four years on the faculty at Princeton University.
Joseph Henry Professor of Physics. My main interests this year were directed towards string theory of quark confinement.
Aug 16, 2023 · Polyakov joined Princeton’s faculty in 1989 as a professor of physics and became the Joseph Henry Professor of Physics in 1999. While at Princeton, his research focused on two-dimensional quantum gravity, which helped provide a definition of certain low-dimensional models of string theory.
Polyakov path integral and conformal field theory. The first four chapters introduce the central ideas of string theory, the tools of conformal field theory and of the Polyakov path int. gral, and the covariant quantization of the string. The next three chapters treat string interactions: the general formalism, and detailed t.
Mar 22, 2013 · Alexander Polyakov, Princeton University's Joseph Henry Professor of Physics, was honored with the 2013 Fundamental Physics Prize for his lasting work in field and string theory. The $3 million prize was presented during a March 20 ceremony in Geneva by the Fundamental Physics Foundation.
Mar 21, 2013 · The most lucrative prize in physics has this year been given to Alexander Polyakov, in part for work to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity.
