Leonid Keldysh
| Leonid Keldysh | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Leonid Veniaminovich Keldysh |
| Born |
7 April 1931 Moscow |
| Died |
12 November 2016 (aged 85) Moscow |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | Lebedev Physical Institute |
| Known for | Keldysh formalism |
| Notable awards | Rusanoprize (2009) |
Leonid Keldysh (7 April 1931 – 11 November 2016) was a Russian physicist. Keldysh was a professor in the I.E. Tamm Theory division of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He was known for the Keldysh formalism, a quantum mechanics framework for describing a system in a non-equilibrium state. In 2009 he was awarded the Rusanoprize, an international nanotechnology award, for his work related to molecular beam epitaxy.[1]
External links
- Russian Academy of Sciences staff directory
- Keldysh's published papers in the scientific journal Physics-Uspekhi
References
- ↑ "Rusanoprize Laureates". Retrieved 2016-08-10.
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