Vadim Alekseevich Kuzmin ( April 16, 1937 , Moscow - September 17, 2015 , ibid.) - Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist , corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 2000). Specialist in the field of quantum field theory and cosmology. He headed the sector of the Institute for Nuclear Research RAS .
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| Date of Birth | April 16, 1937 |
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR |
| Date of death | September 17, 2015 (78 years old) |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russian Federation |
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| Scientific field | particle physics, neutrino astrophysics, cosmic ray physics, cosmology |
| Place of work | Institute for Nuclear Research RAS |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
| Academic rank | Corresponding Member of RAS |
| Known as | co-author of the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit |
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Biography
Born in Moscow. In 1955, after graduating from high school, he entered the Physics Department of Moscow State University . In 1961 he graduated from the Physics Department of Moscow State University. In 1961-1971 - graduate student, junior researcher at the Physics Institute. P.N. Lebedev . In 1971-1976 and 1978-1982, he was a senior researcher at the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1976-1978, scientific secretary, since 1982 head of the sector of the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Doctor of Physics and Mathematics since 1987. Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Nuclear Physics, specializing in nuclear physics since 2000.
The author of more than 200 scientific papers.
He was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery (plot 24) [1] .
Scientific activity
He made a significant contribution to the theory of the formation of baryon asymmetry of the Universe, to cosmic ray physics, neutrino astrophysics of the Sun, to the theory of cosmological phase transitions and the cosmology of the early Universe, to the study of the fundamental principles of symmetry and conservation laws in elementary particle physics and quantum field theory.
In 1964, he proposed a gallium-germanium method for detecting solar neutrinos, together with G. T. Zatsepin put forward a comprehensive program of solar neutrino spectroscopy.
In 1966, together with G. T. Zatsepin, he predicted the existence of the Graisen – Zatsepin – Kuzmin limit [2] .
In 1970, he proposed a physical model for the formation of the baryon asymmetry of the Universe in CP-non-invariant decays of heavy particles at the nonequilibrium stage of cosmological expansion.
In 1970, he pointed out the possibility of neutron-antineutron oscillations, developed a theory and put forward a proposal for an experiment to search for this phenomenon.
In 1985, together with V. A. Rubakov and M. E. Shaposhnikov, he predicted the existence of fast transitions with nonconservation of the baryon number in the early Universe at high temperatures [3] .
Awards and Prizes
- Order of the Badge of Honor (1978)
- Prize named after A. A. Fridman of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1999, together with V. A. Rubakov)
- Prize named after academician M.A. Markov (2003)
- Prize named after I. Ya. Pomeranchuk (2006)
Bibliography
- ↑ Moscow graves. Kuzmin V.A.
- ↑ Zatsepin, GT; Kuz'min, VA Upper Limit of the Spectrum of Cosmic Rays (Eng.) // Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters : journal. - 1966. - Vol. 4 . - P. 78-80 . - .
- ↑ VA Kuzmin, VA Rubakov, ME Shaposhnikov. On anomalous electroweak baryon-number non-conservation in the early universe (Eng.) // Physics Letters B : journal. - 1985. - 16 May ( vol. 155 , no. 1-2 ). - P. 36-42 . - DOI : 10.1016 / 0370-2693 (85) 91028-7 . - .
Links
- Kuzmin, Vadim Alekseevich on the official website of the RAS
- Kuzmin, Vadim Alekseevich on the website of Physics-Uspekhi