Sidney Coleman
American physicist (1937–2007) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the football player, see Sidney Coleman (American football).
Sidney Richard Coleman (7 March 1937 – 18 November 2007) was an American theoretical physicist noted for his research in high-energy theoretical physics.
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Born | (1937-03-07)March 7, 1937 |
Died | November 18, 2007(2007-11-18) (aged 70) |
Alma mater | Illinois Institute of Technology Caltech |
Known for | Coleman theorem Coleman–Mandula theorem Coleman–Weinberg potential Q-ball |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Quantum field theory |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Doctoral advisor | Murray Gell-Mann |
Doctoral students | Ian Affleck Mark Alford Carl M. Bender Jacques Distler David Griffiths Jeffrey Mandula Stephen Parke Leonard Parker David Politzer Lee Smolin Paul Steinhardt Erick Weinberg Anthony Zee |
Other notable students | Edward Witten[1] |
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