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Édouard Brézin

January 01, 1970

Édouard Brézin (French: [bʁezɛ̃]; born 1 December 1938 Paris) is a French theoretical physicist. He is professor at Université Paris 6, working at the laboratory for theoretical physics (LPT) of the École Normale Supérieure since 1986.

Édouard Brezin
Born (1938-12-01) 1 December 1938 (age 85)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique
École des ponts ParisTech
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

Biography edit

Brézin was born in Paris, France, to agnostic Jewish parents from Poland. His father served in the French army during World War II and was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1940, but escaped, The family used false names and Brézin was hidden by farmers.[1][2]

Brézin studied at École Polytechnique before doing a PhD. He worked at the theory division of the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique in Saclay until 1986.[1]

Brezin contributed to the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter and high energy physics. He was a leader in critical behavior theory and developed methods for distilling testable predictions for critical exponents. In using field theoretic techniques in the study of condensed matter, Brezin helped further modern theories of magnetism and the quantum Hall effect.

Brézin was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences on 18 February 1991 and served as president of the academy in 2005–2006. He also is a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences (since 2003), a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 2002), a foreign member of the Royal Society (since 2006) and a member of the Academia Europaea (since 2003). He is a commander in the French National order of merit[3] and an Officer of the Legion of Honor.[4]

He is Chair of the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation.[5] He was awarded the 2011 Dirac Medal of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics together with John Cardy and Alexander Zamolodchikov.

In 2004 he won the Institute of Physics President's Medal.[6]

Research work edit

Edouard Brezin's work is devoted to quantum field theory, mainly for applications in statistical physics.[7] It uses the theoretical formulation of the renormalization group for critical phenomena (equation of states, scaling corrections, etc.). He showed that the low temperature phase, in the case of a continuous symmetry break, is described by a non-linear sigma model, leading to a development of critical exponents in powers of the minus two space dimension. He showed that the instantaneous method can be used to characterize the asymptotic behaviour of perturbation theory, thus allowing accurate theoretical estimates to be made.[8] He has applied field theory techniques to condensed matter problems, such as critical wetting theory or the study of the phase transition from a normal metal to a type II superconductor under magnetic field. He became interested in theories of gauging with a large number of colors. This led to a representation of two-dimensional quantum gravity by random fluctuating surfaces or closed bosonic strings, in terms of random matrices.[9] He showed that the continuous boundary of such models is linked to integrable hierarchies such as KdV flows. He has also worked on establishing the universality of eigenvalue correlations for random matrices.[10]

Notable publications edit

  • Brezin, E.; Itzykson, C. (1970-10-01). "Pair Production in Vacuum by an Alternating Field". Physical Review D. 2 (7). American Physical Society (APS): 1191–1199. Bibcode:1970PhRvD...2.1191B. doi:10.1103/physrevd.2.1191. ISSN 0556-2821.
  • Brézin, E.; Wallace, D. J.; Wilson, Kenneth G. (1972-08-28). "Feynman-Graph Expansion for the Equation of State near the Critical Point (Ising-like Case)". Physical Review Letters. 29 (9). American Physical Society (APS): 591–594. Bibcode:1972PhRvL..29..591B. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.29.591. ISSN 0031-9007.
  • Brezin, E.; Le Guillou, J. C.; Zinn-Justin, J. (1973-07-15). "Wilson's Theory of Critical Phenomena and Callan-Symanzik Equations in 4−ε Dimensions". Physical Review D. 8 (2). American Physical Society (APS): 434–440. Bibcode:1973PhRvD...8..434B. doi:10.1103/physrevd.8.434. ISSN 0556-2821.
  • Brézin, E.; Zinn-Justin, J. (1976-03-29). "Renormalization of the NonlinearσModel in 2+ε Dimensions—Application to the Heisenberg Ferromagnets". Physical Review Letters. 36 (13). American Physical Society (APS): 691–694. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.36.691. ISSN 0031-9007.
  • Brézin, E.; Itzykson, C.; Parisi, G.; Zuber, J. B. (1978). "Planar diagrams". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 59 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 35–51. Bibcode:1978CMaPh..59...35B. doi:10.1007/bf01614153. ISSN 0010-3616. MR 0471676. S2CID 189831738.
  • Brezin, E.; Gross, David J. (1980). "The external field problem in the large N limit of QCD". Physics Letters B. 97 (1). Elsevier BV: 120–124. Bibcode:1980PhLB...97..120B. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(80)90562-6. ISSN 0370-2693.
  • Brézin, E.; Halperin, B. I.; Leibler, S. (1983-05-02). "Critical Wetting in Three Dimensions". Physical Review Letters. 50 (18). American Physical Society (APS): 1387–1390. Bibcode:1983PhRvL..50.1387B. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.50.1387. ISSN 0031-9007.
  • Brézin, E.; Gross, David J.; Itzykson, C. (1984). "Density of states in the presence of a strong magnetic field and random impurities". Nuclear Physics B. 235 (1). Elsevier BV: 24–44. Bibcode:1984NuPhB.235...24B. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(84)90146-9. ISSN 0550-3213.
  • Brézin, E.; Nelson, D. R.; Thiaville, A. (1985-06-01). "Fluctuation effects near Hc2 in type-II superconductors". Physical Review B. 31 (11). American Physical Society (APS): 7124–7132. Bibcode:1985PhRvB..31.7124B. doi:10.1103/physrevb.31.7124. ISSN 0163-1829. PMID 9935631.
  • Brézin, E.; Kazakov, V.A. (1990). "Exactly solvable field theories of closed strings". Physics Letters B. 236 (2). Elsevier BV: 144–150. Bibcode:1990PhLB..236..144B. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(90)90818-q. ISSN 0370-2693.
  • Brézin, E.; Zee, A. (1993). "Universality of the correlations between eigenvalues of large random matrices". Nuclear Physics B. 402 (3). Elsevier BV: 613–627. Bibcode:1993NuPhB.402..613B. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(93)90121-5. ISSN 0550-3213.
  • Brézin, E.; Hikami, S. (2008-05-29). "Intersection Theory from Duality and Replica". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 283 (2): 507–521. arXiv:0708.2210. Bibcode:2008CMaPh.283..507B. doi:10.1007/s00220-008-0519-0. ISSN 0010-3616. S2CID 13993047.

Books edit

  • The large N expansion in quantum field theory and statistical physics, E Brezin and S Wadia, World Scientific (1993)
  • Introduction to statistical field theory, E Brezin, Cambridge University press (2010)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Brézin, Edouard (10 March 2021). "Have I Really Been a Condensed Matter Theorist? I'm Not Sure, but Does It Matter?". Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics. 12 (1): 1–13. Bibcode:2021ARCMP..12....1B. doi:10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-060120-092046. ISSN 1947-5454. S2CID 228896365. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Jewish Recipients of the Dirac Medal".
  3. ^ Decree of 14 May 2004
  4. ^ Decree of 31 December 1999
  5. ^ The Cyprus Institute, CREF
  6. ^ "resident's medal recipients". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  7. ^ Brezin, Edouard; Wadia, Spenta R, eds. (1993). The Large N expansion in quantum field theory and statistical physics : from spin systems to 2-dimensional gravity. Singapore: World Scientific. ISBN 978-9810204563.
  8. ^ Champs, cordes et phénomènes critiques = Fields, strings and critical phenomena : Les Houches, session XLIX, 28 juin -5 août 1988. North-Holland. 1990. ISBN 9780444884404.
  9. ^ Brézin, E. (2016). Random matrix theory with an external source. Singapore: Springer. ISBN 978-981-10-3316-2.
  10. ^ Brézin, E.; Zee, A. (August 1993). "Universality of the correlations between eigenvalues of large random matrices". Nuclear Physics B. 402 (3): 613–627. Bibcode:1993NuPhB.402..613B. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(93)90121-5.

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father served in the French army during World War II and was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1940 but escaped The family used false names and Brezin was hidden by farmers 1 2 Brezin studied at Ecole Polytechnique before doing a PhD He worked at the theory division of the Commissariat a l energie atomique in Saclay until 1986 1 Brezin contributed to the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter and high energy physics He was a leader in critical behavior theory and developed methods for distilling testable predictions for critical exponents In using field theoretic techniques in the study of condensed matter Brezin helped further modern theories of magnetism and the quantum Hall effect Brezin was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences on 18 February 1991 and served as president of the academy in 2005 2006 He also is a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences since 2003 a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2002 a foreign member of the Royal Society since 2006 and a member of the Academia Europaea since 2003 He is a commander in the French National order of merit 3 and an Officer of the Legion of Honor 4 He is Chair of the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation 5 He was awarded the 2011 Dirac Medal of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics together with John Cardy and Alexander Zamolodchikov In 2004 he won the Institute of Physics President s Medal 6 Research work editEdouard Brezin s work is devoted to quantum field theory mainly for applications in statistical physics 7 It uses the theoretical formulation of the renormalization group for critical phenomena equation of states scaling corrections etc He showed that the low temperature phase in the case of a continuous symmetry break is described by a non linear sigma model leading to a development of critical exponents in powers of the minus two space dimension He showed that the instantaneous method can be used to characterize the asymptotic behaviour of perturbation theory thus allowing accurate theoretical estimates to be made 8 He has applied field theory techniques to condensed matter problems such as critical wetting theory or the study of the phase transition from a normal metal to a type II superconductor under magnetic field He became interested in theories of gauging with a large number of colors This led to a representation of two dimensional quantum gravity by random fluctuating surfaces or closed bosonic strings in terms of random matrices 9 He showed that the continuous boundary of such models is linked to integrable hierarchies such as KdV flows He has also worked on establishing the universality of eigenvalue correlations for random matrices 10 Notable publications editBrezin E Itzykson C 1970 10 01 Pair Production in Vacuum by an Alternating Field Physical Review D 2 7 American Physical Society APS 1191 1199 Bibcode 1970PhRvD 2 1191B doi 10 1103 physrevd 2 1191 ISSN 0556 2821 Brezin E Wallace D J Wilson Kenneth G 1972 08 28 Feynman Graph Expansion for the Equation of State near the Critical Point Ising like Case Physical Review Letters 29 9 American Physical Society APS 591 594 Bibcode 1972PhRvL 29 591B doi 10 1103 physrevlett 29 591 ISSN 0031 9007 Brezin E Le Guillou J C Zinn Justin J 1973 07 15 Wilson s Theory of Critical Phenomena and Callan Symanzik Equations in 4 e Dimensions Physical Review D 8 2 American Physical Society APS 434 440 Bibcode 1973PhRvD 8 434B doi 10 1103 physrevd 8 434 ISSN 0556 2821 Brezin E Zinn Justin J 1976 03 29 Renormalization of the NonlinearsModel in 2 e Dimensions Application to the Heisenberg Ferromagnets Physical Review Letters 36 13 American Physical Society APS 691 694 doi 10 1103 physrevlett 36 691 ISSN 0031 9007 Brezin E Itzykson C Parisi G Zuber J B 1978 Planar diagrams Communications in Mathematical Physics 59 1 Springer Science and Business Media LLC 35 51 Bibcode 1978CMaPh 59 35B doi 10 1007 bf01614153 ISSN 0010 3616 MR 0471676 S2CID 189831738 Brezin E Gross David J 1980 The external field problem in the large N limit of QCD Physics Letters B 97 1 Elsevier BV 120 124 Bibcode 1980PhLB 97 120B doi 10 1016 0370 2693 80 90562 6 ISSN 0370 2693 Brezin E Halperin B I Leibler S 1983 05 02 Critical Wetting in Three Dimensions Physical Review Letters 50 18 American Physical Society APS 1387 1390 Bibcode 1983PhRvL 50 1387B doi 10 1103 physrevlett 50 1387 ISSN 0031 9007 Brezin E Gross David J Itzykson C 1984 Density of states in the presence of a strong magnetic field and random impurities Nuclear Physics B 235 1 Elsevier BV 24 44 Bibcode 1984NuPhB 235 24B doi 10 1016 0550 3213 84 90146 9 ISSN 0550 3213 Brezin E Nelson D R Thiaville A 1985 06 01 Fluctuation effects near Hc2 in type II superconductors Physical Review B 31 11 American Physical Society APS 7124 7132 Bibcode 1985PhRvB 31 7124B doi 10 1103 physrevb 31 7124 ISSN 0163 1829 PMID 9935631 Brezin E Kazakov V A 1990 Exactly solvable field theories of closed strings Physics Letters B 236 2 Elsevier BV 144 150 Bibcode 1990PhLB 236 144B doi 10 1016 0370 2693 90 90818 q ISSN 0370 2693 Brezin E Zee A 1993 Universality of the correlations between eigenvalues of large random matrices Nuclear Physics B 402 3 Elsevier BV 613 627 Bibcode 1993NuPhB 402 613B doi 10 1016 0550 3213 93 90121 5 ISSN 0550 3213 Brezin E Hikami S 2008 05 29 Intersection Theory from Duality and Replica Communications in Mathematical Physics 283 2 507 521 arXiv 0708 2210 Bibcode 2008CMaPh 283 507B doi 10 1007 s00220 008 0519 0 ISSN 0010 3616 S2CID 13993047 Books editThe large N expansion in quantum field theory and statistical physics E Brezin and S Wadia World Scientific 1993 Introduction to statistical field theory E Brezin Cambridge University press 2010 See also editList of members of the National Academy of SciencesReferences edit a b Brezin Edouard 10 March 2021 Have I Really Been a Condensed Matter Theorist I m Not Sure but Does It Matter Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 12 1 1 13 Bibcode 2021ARCMP 12 1B doi 10 1146 annurev conmatphys 060120 092046 ISSN 1947 5454 S2CID 228896365 Retrieved 25 January 2022 Jewish Recipients of the Dirac Medal Decree of 14 May 2004 Decree of 31 December 1999 The Cyprus Institute CREF resident s medal recipients Institute of Physics Retrieved 26 December 2019 Brezin Edouard Wadia Spenta R eds 1993 The Large N expansion in quantum field theory and statistical physics from spin systems to 2 dimensional gravity Singapore World Scientific ISBN 978 9810204563 Champs cordes et phenomenes critiques Fields strings and critical phenomena Les Houches session XLIX 28 juin 5 aout 1988 North Holland 1990 ISBN 9780444884404 Brezin E 2016 Random matrix theory with an external source Singapore Springer ISBN 978 981 10 3316 2 Brezin E Zee A August 1993 Universality of the correlations between eigenvalues of large random matrices Nuclear Physics B 402 3 613 627 Bibcode 1993NuPhB 402 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