Sergio Doplicher

Sergio Doplicher
Sergio Doplicher in 2005
Born(1940-12-30)30 December 1940
Trieste, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsSapienza University of Rome
Academic advisorsGiovanni Jona-Lasinio
Notable studentsRoberto Longo

Sergio Doplicher (born 30 December 1940) is an Italian mathematical physicist,[1] who mainly dealt with the mathematical foundations of quantum field theory and quantum gravity.

Biography

Sergio Doplicher graduated in Physics at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1963 under the supervision of Giovanni Jona-Lasinio.[2] From 1976 to 2011 he was full professor[3] of quantum mechanics in the mathematics department of Sapienza University, retiring there in 2011 as professor emeritus.[4]

He is known for his research based on the Haag–Kastler axioms and for his collaboration with Rudolf Haag. With John E. Roberts[5] and Haag, he examined superselection rules in the algebraic quantum field theory, providing the first proof of the spin–statistics theorem entirely based only on first principles. Doplicher and Roberts also proved a reconstruction theorem for the algebra of quantum fields and the compact group of global internal symmetries from the algebra of the observables.[6][7] In other collaborations, Doplicher studied the local aspects of superselection rules. After introducing the split-property, he derived exact current algebras and a weak form of a quantum Noether theorem.[8]

Later in his career, Doplicher dealt with the mathematical foundations of quantum gravity in terms of the quantum structure of space-time at the Planck scale.[9][10][11] He also addressed the problem of measurement in local quantum physics.[12]

He is author of the first article of the first number of the scientific journal Communications in Mathematical Physics.[13]

Honors and awards

Doplicher was an Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Kyoto in 1990.[14] He was awarded in 2004 the Humboldt Prize[15] and in 2011 the Italian National Prize Presidente della Repubblica of the Lincei National Academy.[16] In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[17] and in 2019 a member of the Academia Europaea.[4]

Selected publications

Scientific

Others

  • Doplicher, Sergio; Ferro-Luzzi, Fausta (2011). Il De Rerum Natura di Giorgione, il teatro di Giovanni Bellini e lo sguardo della Gioconda (in Italian). Rome: Aracne. ISBN 978-8854841864.
  • Doplicher, Sergio (2014). O sol che sani ogne vista turbata, Note sulla Ragione nella Divina Commedia (in Italian). Rome: Edicampus. ISBN 978-8897591146.
  • Doplicher, Sergio (2018). Mondo quantistico e Umanesimo (in Italian). Rome: Carocci editore. ISBN 9788843093991.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sergio Doplicher". Aracne editrice (in Italian). Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Sergio Doplicher at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  3. ^ More precisely, the Italian academic title is professore ordinario or professore di I fascia.
  4. ^ a b "Doplicher's member page of Academia Europæa". Academia Europæa. Retrieved February 17, 2021. "Sergio Doplicher - Curriculum Vitae". Academia Europæa. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Doplicher coauthored several papers with Roberts, who worked for a long time in Rome.
  6. ^ Halvorson, Hans; Müger, Michael (2007). "Algebraic quantum field theory". In Butterfield, Jeremy; Earman, John (eds.). Philosophy of Physics. Elsevier B.V. pp. 731–864. arXiv:math-ph/0602036. doi:10.1016/B978-044451560-5/50011-7. ISBN 978-0-444-51560-5. S2CID 117677547.
  7. ^ DHR superselection theory at the nLab.
  8. ^ Doplicher, Sergio (2010). "The Principle of Locality: Effectiveness, fate and challenges". Journal of Mathematical Physics. 51 (1): 015218. arXiv:0911.5136. Bibcode:2010JMP....51a5218D. doi:10.1063/1.3276100. S2CID 115160705.
  9. ^ Doplicher, Sergio; Fredenhagen, Klaus; Roberts, John E. (1995). "The Quantum structure of space-time at the Planck scale and quantum fields". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 172 (1): 187–220. arXiv:hep-th/0303037. Bibcode:1995CMaPh.172..187D. doi:10.1007/BF02104515. S2CID 16206928.
  10. ^ Bahns, Dorothea; Doplicher, Sergio; Morsella, Gerardo; Piacitelli, Gherardo (2015). "Quantum Spacetime and Algebraic Quantum Field Theory". In Brunetti, Romeo; Dappiaggi, Claudio; Fredenhagen, Klaus; Yngvason, Jakob (eds.). Advances in algebraic quantum field theory. Springer, Cham. pp. 289–330. arXiv:1501.03298. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-21353-8_7. ISBN 978-3-319-21353-8. S2CID 118886773.
  11. ^ Doplicher, Sergio (2001). "Space-time and fields: A Quantum texture". AIP Conference Proceedings. 589 (1): 204–213. arXiv:hep-th/0105251. Bibcode:2001AIPC..589..204D. doi:10.1063/1.1419326. S2CID 16229759.
  12. ^ Doplicher, Sergio (2018). "The Measurement Process in Local Quantum Physics and the EPR Paradox". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 357 (1): 407–420. arXiv:0908.0480. Bibcode:2018CMaPh.357..407D. doi:10.1007/s00220-017-2949-z. S2CID 16610103.
  13. ^ Doplicher, Sergio (1965). "An algebraic spectrum condition". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1 (1): 1–5. Bibcode:1965CMaPh...1....1D. doi:10.1007/BF01649586. S2CID 122004464.
  14. ^ Doplicher, Sergio (1990). "Abstract compact group duals, operator algebras and quantum field theory". In: Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Kyoto, 1990. Vol. 1. pp. 1319–1333.
  15. ^ "Humboldt Foundation member page of Sergio Doplicher". humboldt-foundation.de. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  16. ^ "Premi Presidente della Repubblica 1949-2011". Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (in Italian). Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  17. ^ "List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved February 15, 2021. Jackson, Allyn (2013). "Fellows of the AMS: Inaugural Class" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 60 (5): 631–637.