John M. Kosterlitz
British physicist
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John Michael Kosterlitz (born June 22, 1943) is a British-American physicist. He is a professor of physics at Brown University[4] and the son of biochemist Hans Kosterlitz. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics along with David Thouless and Duncan Haldane for work on condensed matter physics.[2]
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Born | John Michael Kosterlitz June 22, 1943[1] |
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | United States |
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Known for | Kosterlitz–Thouless transition |
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Fields | Condensed matter physics |
Institutions | Brown University University of Birmingham |
Thesis | Problems in strong interaction physics (1969) |
Academic advisors | David Thouless (postdoc) |
Website | vivo |
References
change- ↑ "J. Michael Kosterlitz - Facts". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gibney, Elizabeth; Castelvecchi, Davide (2016). "Physics of 2D exotic matter wins Nobel: British-born theorists recognized for work on topological phases". Nature. 538 (7623). London: Springer Nature: 18. Bibcode:2016Natur.538...18G. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20722. PMID 27708331. S2CID 4451184.
- ↑ "Lars Onsager recipient 2000, John Michael Kosterlitz Brown University". aps.org. American Physical Society.
- ↑ "Kosterlitz Research profile at Brown University". brown.edu. Brown University.