Solomon Pekar
Solomon Pekar · Science & Medicine
Physicist; introduced the polaron and the concept of polaritons
1917, Kyiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1985, Kyiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Ukraine · Soviet Union
Solomon Pekar is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; introduced the polaron and the concept of polaritons
Solomon Isaakovich Pekar was a Soviet theoretical physicist in Kyiv who in 1946 introduced and named the polaron, an electron dressed by the lattice distortion it creates, and later co-introduced the concept of polaritons. These ideas remain central to solid-state and condensed-matter physics; the Landau–Pekar formula bears his name. He was Jewish.
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Physicist; introduced the polaron and the concept of polaritons
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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