Ernst Stueckelberg v. Breidenbach | |
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Born | |
Died | 4 September 1984 | (aged 79)
Known for | Stueckelberg action Feynman–Stueckelberg interpretation Discovery of the renormalization group Semi-detailed balance Landau-Zener formula |
Awards | Max Planck Medal (1976) |
Scientific career | |
Doctoral advisor | August Hagenbach |
Doctoral students | Marcel Guénin Constantin Piron André Petermann |
Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg (baptised as Johann Melchior Ernst Karl Gerlach Stückelberg,[1] full name after 1911: Baron Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg von Breidenbach zu Breidenstein und Melsbach;[2] 1 February 1905 – 4 September 1984) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist, regarded as one of the most eminent physicists of the 20th century.[3][4]
Despite making key advances in theoretical physics, including the exchange particle model of fundamental forces, causal S-matrix theory, and the renormalization group, his idiosyncratic style and publication in minor journals led to his work not being widely recognized until the mid-1990s.