Lars Brink

Lars Brink
Lars Elof Gustaf Brink
Announcement of the Nobelprize in Physics, 2011
Born(1943-11-12)November 12, 1943
Died29 October 2022(2022-10-29) (aged 78)[1]
NationalitySwedish
CitizenshipSwedish
Alma materUniversity of Gothenburg
Known forSupersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, superstrings
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorJan S. Nilsson
Doctoral studentsIngemar Bengtsson, Martin Cederwall, Bengt EW Nilsson

Lars Elof Gustaf Brink (12 November 1943 - 29 October 2022) was a Swedish theoretical physicist.[2]

He made significant and well-cited contributions in supersymmetry, supergravity, superspace, and superstrings, and the connections among them.[3] In 1977, with John Schwarz and Joël Scherk, he introduced the first supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories.[4]

During 1971–1973, he was member of the theory group at CERN.[2][5]

Starting in 1986, he had been professor of theoretical physics at Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenburg.[6] Brink was 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.[7]

In 1997 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[8]

In 2001, 2004 and from 2008 to 2013 he was a member of the Nobel Committee for Physics and its chairman in 2013.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Lars Brink 1943–2022". March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Lars Brink 1943–2022". CERN Courier. 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  3. ^ Brink, L., Di Vecchia, P., & Howe, P. (1976). "A locally supersymmetric and reparametrization invariant action for the spinning string", Physics Letters B65(5), 471-474. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(76)90445-7; Green, Michael; Schwarz, John; Brink, Lars (1982). "N=4 Yang-Mills and N=8 Supergravity as Limits of String Theories". Nucl Phys. B198 (3): 474–492. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(82)90336-4.
  4. ^ Brink, Lars; Schwarz, John; Scherk, Joël (1977). "Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories". Nuclear Physics. B121 (1): 77–92. Bibcode:1977NuPhB.121...77B. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(77)90328-5. ISSN 0550-3213.
  5. ^ "Inspire author profile page for Brink, Lars".
  6. ^ "UM RECEIVES FORMER NOBEL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN". Macau Daily Times. February 4, 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Seminar "Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes" by Prof. Lars Brink (see "biography")". 5 December 2016.
  8. ^ "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences : members".
  9. ^ "In Memory of Lars Brink (1943 – 2022)". www.worldscientific.com. doi:10.1142/news20221109.136064 (inactive 1 November 2024). Retrieved 2023-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
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