Lars Brink

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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

Lars Elof Gustaf Brink (12 November 1943 - 29 October 2022) was a Swedish

theoretical physicist.[2]

He made significant and well-cited contributions in

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lars Brink.
  1. ^ https://cerncourier.com/a/lars-brink-1943-2022/
  2. ^ a b "Lars Brink 1943–2022". CERN Courier. 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  3. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(82)90336-4
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  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")".
  8. ^ "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences : members".
  9. doi:10.1142/news20221109.136064/full/
    . Retrieved 2023-03-16.

External links
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