Lawrence Biedenharn
Lawrence Christian Biedenharn, Jr. (18 November 1922,
Biedenharn studied at
University of Texas, Austin
. In 1996 he died from kidney cancer.
Biedenharn is known for his contributions to the
nuclear reactions and Coulomb excitations (excitations of atoms by the scattering of charged particles and the Coulomb interaction with the nucleus). In the later part of his career, he worked on representation of quantum groups. From 1985[4] to 1993 he was the chief editor of the Journal of Mathematical Physics. For many years Hendrik van Dam was his co-editor.[5]
In 1958 Biedenharn was a
Humboldt Prize
.
In 1950 he married Sarah Willingham, who became a lawyer; they had a son and a daughter.
Selected works
- with John Blatt: Blatt, John; Biedenharn, L. (1952). "Angular distribution of scattering and reaction cross sections". Rev. Mod. Phys. 24 (4): 258–272. .
- with J. Blatt, M. E. Rose: Biedenharn, L.; Blatt, J.; Rose, M. (1952). "Some properties of Racah and associated coefficients". Rev. Mod. Phys. 24 (4): 249–257. .
- with Morris Edgar Rose: Biedenharn, L.; Rose, M. (1953). "Theory of angular correlation of nuclear radiation". Rev. Mod. Phys. 25 (3): 729. .
- with Pieter Johannes Brussaard: Coulomb Excitations, Oxford University Press 1965[7]
- with J. D. Louck: Angular Momentum in Quantum Physics, Addison-Wesley 1981[8]
- with J. D. Louck: Racah-Wigner Algebra in Quantum Theory, Addison-Wesley 1981[8]
- with J. D. Louck: Biedenharn, L. C.; Louck, J. D. (Feb 1990). "Inhomogeneous basis set of symmetric polynomials defined by tableaux". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 87 (4): 1441–1445. PMID 11607064.
- with Max Lohe: Quantum Group Symmetry and q-Tensor Algebras, World Scientific 1995; 1999 reprint ISBN 981-02-2331-5
- as editor with Hendrik van Dam: Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum: A Collection of Reprints and Original Papers, Academic Press 1965
References
- ^ "Obituary: Lawrence C. Biedenharn, Jr., Topic #13". Op-Sf Net. July 18, 1996.
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- ^ Obituary of Hendrik van Dam (1934–2013) | Physics Today Archived 2013-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ APS Physics | SESAPS | Jesse W. Beams Award
- . (The review has a misspelling of Brussaard's surname.)
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External links
- Biography at Duke University website
- Archive Spotlight: The Lawrence Biedenharn Papers | Mathematical Association of America
- publications of biedenharn,l - INSPIRE-HEP
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