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Alexander Belavin

Who

Alexander Belavin · Science & Medicine

What

Co-author of the BPZ paper founding conformal field theory; Onsager Prize (2011)

When

1942

Where

Soviet Union (Russia) · Russia

Biography

Alexander Belavin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Co-author of the BPZ paper founding conformal field theory; Onsager Prize (2011)

How & why

Belavin is a Russian theoretical physicist at the Landau Institute who, with Alexander Polyakov and Alexander Zamolodchikov, wrote the 1984 'BPZ' paper that founded two-dimensional conformal field theory, a cornerstone of string theory and statistical mechanics, and earlier helped discover the BPST instanton. For creating conformal field theory the trio shared the 2011 Lars Onsager Prize. He is of Jewish descent (his patronymic, Abramovich, reflects Jewish paternal ancestry, and he is listed among Jewish physicists).

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Lars Onsager Prize

Contributions & Sources

Co-author of the BPZ paper founding conformal field theory; Onsager Prize (2011)

2011

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Lars Onsager Prize