Roman Jackiw | |
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Роман Володимир Яцків | |
Born | Roman Volodymyr Yatskiv 8 November 1939 |
Died | 14 June 2023 | (aged 83)
Alma mater | Cornell Swarthmore |
Known for | Adler–Bell–Jackiw anomaly Jackiw–Teitelboim gravity Theta vacuum |
Children | Stefan Jackiw Nicholas Jackiw |
Awards | Dirac Medal (1998) Heineman Prize (1995) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | MIT |
Thesis | Nonperturbative solutions of the Bethe-Salpeter equation for the vertex function (1966) |
Doctoral advisor | Hans Bethe Kenneth G. Wilson |
Doctoral students | Andrea diSessa Andrew Strominger Joseph Lykken |
Roman Wladimir Jackiw (/roʊˈmæn dʒæˈkiːv/; Ukrainian: Роман Володимир Яцків, romanized: Roman Volodymyr Yatskiv; November 8, 1939 – June 14, 2023) was a Polish-born American theoretical physicist and Dirac Medallist.