Kenneth Geddes "Ken" Wilson (June8, 1936 – June15, 2013) was an American theoretical physicist and a pioneer in using computers for studying particle physics. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on phase transitions—illuminating the subtle essence of phenomena like melting ice and emerging magnetism. It was embodied in his fundamental work on the renormalization group.
Life
Wilson was born on June 8, 1936, in Waltham, Massachusetts, the oldest child of Emily Buckingham Wilson and E. Bright Wilson, a prominent chemist at Harvard University, who did important work on microwave emissions. His mother also trained as a physicist. He attended several schools, including Magdalen College School, Oxford, UK, ending up at the George School in eastern Pennsylvania.
He joined Cornell University in 1963 in the Department of Physics as a junior faculty member, becoming a full professor in 1970. He also did research at SLAC during this period.[5] In 1974, he became the James A. Weeks Professor of Physics at Cornell.
He was a co-winner of the Wolf Prize in physics in 1980, together with Michael E. Fisher and Leo Kadanoff. His other awards include the A.C. Eringen Medal, the Franklin Medal, the Boltzmann Medal, and the Dannie Heinemann Prize. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Science and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, both in 1975, and also was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1984.[7]
↑ Wilson, K. (1975). "繰り込み群: 臨界現象と近藤問題". Reviews of Modern Physics . 47 (4): 773– 840. Bibcode : 1975RvMP...47..773W . doi : 10.1103/RevModPhys.47.773 .
↑ Wilson, KG電流代数における非ラグランジュモデルPhysical Review, 179 , 1969, p.1499–1512; 結合定数繰り込みのモデル, Physical Review D, 2 , 1970, p.1438–1472; Wilson, KG, Thirring モデルにおける演算子積展開と異常次元, ibid., p.1473–77; 摂動論における異常次元とスケール不変性の破綻, ibid. p.1478–93; Wilson, K. (1971). "繰り込み群と強い相互作用". Physical Review D . 3 (8): 1818– 1846. Bibcode : 1971PhRvD...3.1818W .土井:10.1103/PhysRevD.3.1818。OSTI 1444885。; Wilson, KG (1973). "Quantum Field - Theory Models in Less Than 4 Dimensions". Physical Review D . 7 (10): 2911– 2926. Bibcode : 1973PhRvD...7.2911W . doi : 10.1103/PhysRevD.7.2911 .
↑ Wilson, KG: Problems in physics with many scales of length、Scientific American、1979 年 8 月「アーカイブされたコピー - Problems in physics with many scales of length」(PDF) 。2012年 7 月 10 日にオリジナル(PDF)からアーカイブされました。2013年 6 月 18 日に取得。
↑ Wilson, K. (1974). "クォークの閉じ込め". Physical Review D . 10 (8): 2445– 2459. Bibcode : 1974PhRvD..10.2445W . doi : 10.1103/PhysRevD.10.2445 .
↑ Ginsparg, P.; Wilson, K. (1982). "格子上のカイラル対称性の残滓". Physical Review D . 25 (10): 2649. Bibcode : 1982PhRvD..25.2649G . doi : 10.1103/PhysRevD.25.2649 .