Keijo Olavi Kajantie | |
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Born | January 31, 1940 |
Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
Known for |
Electroweak interaction Strong interaction High-energy nuclear physics |
Awards |
Finnish Academy of Science Award (2008) Order of the Lion of Finland (2012) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions |
Helsinki Institute of Physics University of Helsinki CERN |
Keijo Olavi Kajantie (born 1940) is a Finnish theoretical physicist and Professor and Adjoint Scientist at the Helsinki Institute of Physics. [1] He was Professor of Physics at the University of Helsinki from 1973 to 2008. [2] [3] From 1985 to 1990 he was a Research Professor of the Academy of Finland [4] and he has worked in the CERN Theory Division. [5] He is best known for his contributions to the study of the electroweak and strong interactions at high temperatures, as well as to the field of ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions. [6] His research interests include ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions, finite temperature field theory, string theory and QCD matter, cosmological phase transitions and null infinity in general relativity. [5]
Kajantie was awarded the Finnish Academy of Science Award in 2008 [3] and the Order of the Lion of Finland in 2012. [7]