Lars Brink
Lars Elof Gustaf Brink (born 12 November 1943) is a Swedish theoretical physicist.
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Lars Elof Gustaf Brink | |
Born | 12 November 1943 |
During 1971–1973 was member of the theory group at CERN.[1]
Since 1986 he is professor of theoretical physics at Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenburg.[2] Brink is one of the pioneers of superstring theory, since the 1970s (at CERN and Caltech). He coordinated the EU network Superstring Theory 1991–1995 and 2000–2008.[3]
In 1977 he designed with John Schwarz and Joël Scherk the first supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories.[4]
In 1997 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[5]
In 2001 and 2004 and in 2008 to 2013 he was a member of the Nobel Committee for Physics and its chairman in 2013.
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- "UM RECEIVES FORMER NOBEL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN". Macau Daily Times. February 4, 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- "Seminar "Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes" by Prof. Lars Brink (see "biography")".
- Brink, Lars; Schwarz, John H.; Scherk, J. (1977). "Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories". Nuclear Physics B. 121 (1): 77–92. Bibcode:1977NuPhB.121...77B. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(77)90328-5. ISSN 0550-3213.
- "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences : members".
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