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Israeli physicist (born 1932)
Yakir Aharonov (
Hebrew : יקיר אהרונוב ; born August 28, 1932)
[1] is an
Israeli
physicist specializing in
quantum physics . He has been a Professor of Theoretical Physics and the James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at
Chapman University in California since 2008.
[2] He was a distinguished professor in the
Perimeter Institute between 2009-2012
[3]
[4] and is a professor emeritus at
Tel Aviv University and at
University of South Carolina . He is president of the IYAR, The Israeli Institute for Advanced Research.
[5]
Biography
Yakir Aharonov was born in
Haifa . He received his undergraduate education at the
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in
Haifa , graduating with a
BSc in 1956. He continued his graduate studies at the Technion and then moved to
Bristol University, UK together with his doctoral advisor
David Bohm , receiving a
Ph.D. degree in 1960. Aharonov later taught at the
Brandeis University from 1960 to 1961 and the
Yeshiva University from 1964 to 1967, both in the United States.
[2]
Married to Nily, an educational psychologist, and father of two. His brother,
Dov Aharonov , is a professor emeritus at the Faculty of Mathematics at the
Technion , and his niece,
Dorit Aharonov , is a professor at the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem .
Academic career
His research interests are nonlocal and topological effects in
quantum mechanics ,
quantum field theories and interpretations of
quantum mechanics . In 1959, he and
David Bohm proposed the
Aharonov–Bohm effect
[6] for which he co-received the 1998
Wolf Prize .
[7]
In 1988, Aharonov,
David Albert , and
Lev Vaidman published their theory of
weak values .
[8] This work was motivated by Aharonov's long-time quest to experimentally verify his theory that apparently random events in quantum mechanics are caused by events in the future (
two-state vector formalism ). Verifying a present effect of a future cause requires a measurement, which would ordinarily destroy coherence and ruin the experiment. He and his colleagues claim that they were able to use
weak measurements and verify the present effect of the future cause.
[9] Working with Aharon Casher, they predicted the
Aharonov–Casher effect , the electrodynamic dual of the Aharonov–Bohm effect with magnetic dipoles and charges.
[2]
Timeline
1960–1961: Research Associate,
Brandeis University
1961–1964: Assistant Professor, Yeshiva University
1964–1967: Associate Professor, Yeshiva University
1967–1973: Joint professorship at Tel Aviv University and
Yeshiva University
1973–2006: Joint professorship at Tel Aviv University and the
University of South Carolina
2006–2008: Professor at
George Mason University
2008–present: Professor of Theoretical Physics and the James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at Chapman University
Awards and recognition
1978: Elected Fellow of the
American Physical Society
[10]
1984:
Weizmann Prize in Physics
1984: Rothschild Prize in Physics
[2]
1989:
Israel Prize in exact science
[11]
[2]
1990: Elected to the
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
1991:
The Elliott Cresson Medal –
The Franklin Institute
[2]
1992: Honorary Doctor of Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
1993: Elected Member of the
National Academy of Sciences , USA
1993: Honorary Doctor of Science, University of South Carolina, USA
1995: Hewlett–Packard Europhysics Prize
1997: Honorary Doctor of Science, Bristol University, UK
1998:
Wolf Prize in Physics with
Michael Berry
[12]
[2]
1999: Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009: Selected
Clarivate Citation laureate in Physics with Michael Berry.
[13]
2006:
EMET Prize in
Exact Science
In 2009, the information service
Thomson Reuters named Aharonov as leading candidate for the 2009
Nobel prize in physics, based on his work's influence on quantum physics.
[14]
2010:
National Medal of Science (2009), awarded and presented by President
Barack Obama
[15]
See also
References
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"Yakir Aharonov's Homepage at Chapman University" . Chapman University.
Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2013 .
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g Seckbach, Fern Lee; Rossing, Ruth (2007). "AHARONOV, YAKIR (1932–)".
Encyclopaedia Judaica . Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Thomson Gale. p. 537.
ISBN
978-0-02-865929-9 .
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"Nine Leading Researchers Join Stephen Hawking as Distinguished Research Chairs at PI - Perimeter Institute" . www.perimeterinstitute.ca .
Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
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"Aharonov, Yakir, 1932-" . history.aip.org . Retrieved 2023-10-02 .
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"אייר - המכון הישראלי למחקר מתקדם - סגל המכון" . www.iyar.org.il .
Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
^ Aharonov, Y; Bohm, D (1959).
"Significance of electromagnetic potentials in quantum theory" .
Physical Review . 115 (3): 485–491.
Bibcode :
1959PhRv..115..485A .
doi :
10.1103/PhysRev.115.485 .
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"Yakir Aharonov" . Wolf Foundation . 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2023-10-16 .
^ Yakir Aharonov; David Z. Albert; Lev Vaidman (1988). "How the result of a measurement of a component of the spin of a spin-1/2 particle can turn out to be 100". Physical Review Letters . 60 (14): 1351–1354.
Bibcode :
1988PhRvL..60.1351A .
doi :
10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.1351 .
PMID
10038016 .
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"Can the future affect the past?" . Physics World . 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2023-10-16 .
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"APS Fellow Archive" . www.aps.org .
Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
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"Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1989 (in Hebrew)" .
Archived from the original on 2012-03-07.
^ Simply-Smart.
"תוצאות חיפוש" . www.wolffund.org.il .
Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
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"Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates" . www.newswire.ca . Archived from
the original on 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
^ Analytics, Clarivate.
"ScienceWatch.com - Clarivate Analytics" . science.thomsonreuters.com .
Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
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"National-Academies.org - Winners of National Medals of Science, Technology Announced" . www.nationalacademies.org .
Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2018 .
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