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Solomon Pekar

Who

Solomon Pekar · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; introduced the polaron and the concept of polaritons

When

1917, Kyiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1985, Kyiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)

Where

Ukraine · Soviet Union

Biography

Solomon Pekar is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; introduced the polaron and the concept of polaritons

How & why

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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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

Contributions & Sources

Physicist; introduced the polaron and the concept of polaritons

1917

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics