John Cardy
John L. Cardy | |
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| Born | March 19, 1947 |
| Nationality | British–American |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Known for | Conformal field theory Quantum quench |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | CERN University of California, Santa Barbara All Souls College, Oxford University of California, Berkeley |
John Lawrence Cardy FRS (born 19 March 1947, England)[1] is a British–American theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work in theoretical condensed matter physics and statistical mechanics, and in particular for research on critical phenomena and two-dimensional conformal field theory.
He was an undergraduate and postgraduate student (now an
His research prior to 1978 was in
In the 1990s he used conformal invariance to derive many exact results in
He was elected as a
He is most known for his contributions to conformal field theory. The Cardy formula for black hole entropy, the Cardy formula in percolation theory,[8] and the Cardy conditions in boundary conformal field theory are named after him.
Selected works
- Scaling and renormalization in statistical physics. Cambridge University Press, 1996
- with Krzysztof Gawędzki, Gregory Falkovich: Non equilibrium statistical mechanics and turbulence. London Mathematical Society Lecture notes, Cambridge University Press, 2008
- Conformal Invariance and Statistical Mechanics. in Les Houches Lectures, vol. 49, 1988
- as editor: Finite Size Scaling. Elsevier 1988
- Cardy Conformal Invariance in Percolation, Self-Avoiding Walks and Related Problems, 2002
- Cardy Conformal field theory and statistical mechanics, Les Houches Lectures 2008
- Cardy, Pasquale Calabrese Entanglement entropy and conformal field theory, J. Phys. A, 42, 2009
- Cardy Entanglement entropy in extended quantum systems, 2007
References
- ^ Guggenheim Foundation: Annual Report 1985.
- ^ "Directory of Fellows and Foreign Members". The Royal Society. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "Recipients of the Dirac medal of the Institute of Physics". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "Prize Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "Boltzmann Medal". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "Dirac Medallists 2011". Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE ANNOUNCES 2024 LAUREATES IN LIFE SCIENCES, FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS, AND MATHEMATICS". Breakthrough Prize. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- S2CID 16037415. arXiv:hep-th/9111026v1.
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