Victor Nikolaevich Popov (Russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Попо́в; 27 October 1937 – 16 April 1994) was a Russian theoretical physicist known for his contribution to the quantization of non-abelian gauge fields. His work with Ludvig Faddeev on that subject introduced the fundamental objects now known as Faddeev–Popov ghosts.
Victor Popov | |
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| Born | 27 October 1937 |
| Died | 16 April 1994 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
| Known for | quantization of gauge fields; Faddeev–Popov ghosts |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quantum field theory |
| Institutions | Steklov Institute of Mathematics |
Popov graduated from the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Physics Faculty of Leningrad State University. Popov formed a group at Leningrad Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the USSR Academy of Sciences (LOMI) in early 1965, where he remained for life.[1]
Selected works
edit- L. D. Faddeev, L; V. N. Popov (1967). "Feynman diagrams for the Yang-Mills field". Physics Letters B. 25 (1): 29–30. Bibcode:1967PhLB...25...29F. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(67)90067-6.
- Konopleva N. P., Popov V. N. (1982): Gauge Fields. Gordon & Breach Publishing Group. ISBN 3-7186-0045-5. (Originally published in Russian in 1972)
References
edit- ^ Faddeev, L. D. "How I came to work with Victor Popov" (PDF). mathnet.ru. All Russian mathematical portal.
- L. Faddeev, How I came to work with Victor Popov, Journal of Mathematical Sciences 88 (2), 111—113 (1998).
- N. P. Konopleva, To the memory of V. N. Popov, Journal of Mathematical Sciences 88 (2), 114—115 (1998).
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