He died unexpectedly, and in tragic circumstances, months after the supergravity workshop at the State University of New York at Stony Brook that was held on 27–29 September 1979. The workshop proceedings were dedicated to his memory, with a statement that Scherk, a diabetic, had been trapped somewhere without his insulin and went into a diabetic coma.[4] Two decades later, in his 2001 novel Euclid's Window, author and theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow credited Schwarz and Scherk for their "astounding discovery" that gravity was part of string theory in a way that would "avoid contradictions between general relativity and quantum mechanics", but noted that Scherk suffered a breakdown, his wife left with their children, and he later committed suicide.[5]
The high-energy theory library of the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique at École Normale Supérieure (Paris) is dedicated in his honor. A conference in Paris, on 16–20 October 2006, celebrating 30 years of supergravity,[6] was dedicated to Scherk.
^Schwarz, John H. (2012), Cappelli, Andrea; Castellani, Elena; Colomo, Filippo; Di Vecchia, Paolo (eds.), "The scientific contributions of Joël Scherk", The Birth of String Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 496–508, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511977725.045, ISBN978-0-511-97772-5, retrieved 2021-07-23
^Cremmer, E.; Julia, B.; Scherk, J. (1978). "Supergravity in theory in 11 dimensions". Physics Letters B. Elsevier BV. 76 (4): 409–412. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(78)90894-8. ISSN 0370-2693. LPTENS-78-10. Scanned version (KEK Library): [1][dead link]
^Supergravity. Proceedings of a Workshop at Stony Brook, 27–29 September 1979 by P. van Nieuwenhuizen, D. Z. Freedman, editors. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North-Holland (1979).
joël, scherk, french, jɔɛl, ʃɛʁk, 1946, 1980, french, theoretical, physicist, studied, string, theory, supergravity, born, 1946, 1946died16, 1980, 1980, aged, nationalityfrenchalma, materparis, universityknown, forscherk, schwarz, mechanismgso, projectionscien. Joel Scherk French jɔɛl ʃɛʁk 27 May 1946 16 May 1980 was a French theoretical physicist who studied string theory and supergravity 1 Joel ScherkBorn 1946 05 27 27 May 1946Died16 May 1980 1980 05 16 aged 33 NationalityFrenchAlma materParis Sud UniversityKnown forScherk Schwarz mechanismGSO projectionScientific careerFieldsTheoretical physicsDoctoral advisorClaude BouchiatPhilippe Meyer fr Work EditScherk studied in Paris at the Ecole Normale Superieure ENS In 1969 he received his diploma These de troisieme cycle at University of Paris XI in Orsay with Philippe Meyer fr and Claude Bouchiat and in 1971 he completed his doctorate Doctorat d Etat at the same time as his colleague Andre Neveu 2 In 1974 together with John H Schwarz Scherk realised that string theory was a theory of quantum gravity In 1978 together with Eugene Cremmer and Bernard Julia Scherk constructed the Lagrangian and supersymmetry transformations for supergravity in eleven dimensions 3 which is one of the foundations of M theory He died unexpectedly and in tragic circumstances months after the supergravity workshop at the State University of New York at Stony Brook that was held on 27 29 September 1979 The workshop proceedings were dedicated to his memory with a statement that Scherk a diabetic had been trapped somewhere without his insulin and went into a diabetic coma 4 Two decades later in his 2001 novel Euclid s Window author and theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow credited Schwarz and Scherk for their astounding discovery that gravity was part of string theory in a way that would avoid contradictions between general relativity and quantum mechanics but noted that Scherk suffered a breakdown his wife left with their children and he later committed suicide 5 The high energy theory library of the Laboratoire de Physique Theorique at Ecole Normale Superieure Paris is dedicated in his honor A conference in Paris on 16 20 October 2006 celebrating 30 years of supergravity 6 was dedicated to Scherk See also EditGSO projectionReferences Edit INSPIRE HEP list of Joel Scherk s scientific publications http inspirehep net search p find author joel scherk Schwarz John H 2012 Cappelli Andrea Castellani Elena Colomo Filippo Di Vecchia Paolo eds The scientific contributions of Joel Scherk The Birth of String Theory Cambridge Cambridge University Press pp 496 508 doi 10 1017 cbo9780511977725 045 ISBN 978 0 511 97772 5 retrieved 2021 07 23 Cremmer E Julia B Scherk J 1978 Supergravity in theory in 11 dimensions Physics Letters B Elsevier BV 76 4 409 412 doi 10 1016 0370 2693 78 90894 8 ISSN 0370 2693 LPTENS 78 10 Scanned version KEK Library 1 dead link Supergravity Proceedings of a Workshop at Stony Brook 27 29 September 1979 by P van Nieuwenhuizen D Z Freedman editors Amsterdam Netherlands North Holland 1979 Mlodinow Leonard 2001 Euclid s Window The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace Touchstone 2002 ed New York City Touchstone p 251 252 ISBN 0 684 86523 8 Retrieved 2020 12 06 via Google Books 30 Years of Supergravity This article about a French physicist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joel Scherk amp oldid 1088183447, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
