Daniel Kastler
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Daniel Kastler is a French theoretical physicist
, working at University of Aix-Marseille
(Luminy) on non-commutative geometry.
He is best known for his 1964 article with Rudolf Haag
on algebraic quantum field theory, which is one of the most cited papers in mathematical physics.
He is the son of Physics Nobel Prize
laureate Alfred Kastler
.
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
, working at University of Aix-Marseille
University of Aix-Marseille
Aix-Marseille University is a public university in France created by the merger of the University of Provence, the University of the Mediterranean and the Paul Cézanne University...
(Luminy) on non-commutative geometry.
He is best known for his 1964 article with Rudolf Haag
Rudolf Haag
Rudolf Haag is a German physicist. He is best known for his contributions to the algebraic formulation of axiomatic quantum field theory, namely the Haag-Kastler axioms...
on algebraic quantum field theory, which is one of the most cited papers in mathematical physics.
He is the son of Physics Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
laureate Alfred Kastler
Alfred Kastler
Alfred Kastler was a French physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate.Kastler was born in Guebwiller and later attended the Lycée Bartholdi in Colmar, Alsace, and École Normale Supérieure in Paris in 1921...
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