Richard Lawrence Liboff (December 30, 1931 – March 9, 2014) was an American physicist who authored five books and over 100 other publications in variety of fields, including plasma physics, planetary physics, cosmology, quantum chaos, and quantum billiards.[1]
After graduation, he stayed on as assistant professor of physics. In 1965, he was appointed associate professor in the College of Engineering at Cornell. Later appointments at Cornell included membership in the Center for Applied Mathematics and the Department of Applied & Engineering Physics. Fulbright Program and Solvay Fellowships supported three sabbatical leaves abroad. He was appointed full professor in 1970. His research was supported by AFSOR and ARO. In 1969, he chaired the first International Meeting in Kinetic Theory, sponsored by the NSF and co-chaired by N. Rostoker.
Among his publications, two works are of particular note:
With a student (G. K. Schenter) he analytically solved a second order non-linear differential equation. One of the three solutions they gave had physical relevance, as it is a generalized Fermi–Dirac distribution relevant to high-field transport in a semiconductor.[4]
An ideal dynamical system was shown to be irreversible.[citation needed]
Booksedit
Richard Liboff is the author of five books, three of which are still available:
Richard L. Liboff (2003). Primer for Point and Space Groups. Springer. ISBN0-387-40248-9.
Richard L. Liboff (2003). Kinetic Theory: Classical, Quantum and Relativistic Descriptions (3rd ed.). Springer. ISBN0-387-95551-8.
Richard L. Liboff (2002). Introductory Quantum Mechanics (4th ed.). Addison-Wesley. ISBN0-8053-8714-5.
An earlier edition of the Kinetic Theory text was translated into Russian and an earlier edition of the Quantum Mechanics text was translated into Korean. The second ed. of the q.m. text has been translated into Persian.
Selected articlesedit
1. "Solution to a New Non-Linear Equation for the Distribution of Charge Carriers in a Semi-conductor", Phys. Rev. B35, 7063 (1986). Co-author with G.K. Schenter. 2. "Irreversible Wall Collisions and Thermalization of a Gas of Inert Atoms", Phys. Lett. A 202, 177 (1995). 3. "Quantum Chaos for the Radially Vibrating Spherical Billiard", Chaos 10, 366 (2000). Co-author with Mason Porter. 4. "Quantum Billiard Chaos", Phys. Letters A265,230 (2000). 5. "Excess Radiation from the Large Planets." Astronomical J, 134, (2007)
In popular cultureedit
Filmedit
In Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker (played by Tobey Maguire) is seen dropping some of his books at Columbia University. Among the books is the Fourth Edition of Liboff's Introductory Quantum Mechanics.[5]
richard, liboff, richard, lawrence, liboff, december, 1931, march, 2014, american, physicist, authored, five, books, over, other, publications, variety, fields, including, plasma, physics, planetary, physics, cosmology, quantum, chaos, quantum, billiards, rich. Richard Lawrence Liboff December 30 1931 March 9 2014 was an American physicist who authored five books and over 100 other publications in variety of fields including plasma physics planetary physics cosmology quantum chaos and quantum billiards 1 Richard Lawrence LiboffBorn 1931 12 30 December 30 1931DiedMarch 9 2014 2014 03 09 aged 82 Contents 1 Career 2 Bibliography 2 1 Notable publications 2 2 Books 2 3 Selected articles 3 In popular culture 3 1 Film 4 ReferencesCareer editHe earned his Ph D 1961 from New York University His advisors were Harold Grad in mathematics 13 moment method and B Zumino in physics TCP theory During his graduate years he was a research assistant at the Courant Institute After graduation he stayed on as assistant professor of physics In 1965 he was appointed associate professor in the College of Engineering at Cornell Later appointments at Cornell included membership in the Center for Applied Mathematics and the Department of Applied amp Engineering Physics Fulbright Program and Solvay Fellowships supported three sabbatical leaves abroad He was appointed full professor in 1970 His research was supported by AFSOR and ARO In 1969 he chaired the first International Meeting in Kinetic Theory sponsored by the NSF and co chaired by N Rostoker He was a distinguished professor of physics at the University of Central Florida He died 9 March 2014 in New York NY US 2 3 Bibliography editNotable publications edit Among his publications two works are of particular note With a student G K Schenter he analytically solved a second order non linear differential equation One of the three solutions they gave had physical relevance as it is a generalized Fermi Dirac distribution relevant to high field transport in a semiconductor 4 An ideal dynamical system was shown to be irreversible citation needed Books edit Richard Liboff is the author of five books three of which are still available Richard L Liboff 2003 Primer for Point and Space Groups Springer ISBN 0 387 40248 9 Richard L Liboff 2003 Kinetic Theory Classical Quantum and Relativistic Descriptions 3rd ed Springer ISBN 0 387 95551 8 Richard L Liboff 2002 Introductory Quantum Mechanics 4th ed Addison Wesley ISBN 0 8053 8714 5 An earlier edition of the Kinetic Theory text was translated into Russian and an earlier edition of the Quantum Mechanics text was translated into Korean The second ed of the q m text has been translated into Persian Selected articles edit 1 Solution to a New Non Linear Equation for the Distribution of Charge Carriers in a Semi conductor Phys Rev B35 7063 1986 Co author with G K Schenter 2 Irreversible Wall Collisions and Thermalization of a Gas of Inert Atoms Phys Lett A 202 177 1995 3 Quantum Chaos for the Radially Vibrating Spherical Billiard Chaos 10 366 2000 Co author with Mason Porter 4 Quantum Billiard Chaos Phys Letters A265 230 2000 5 Excess Radiation from the Large Planets Astronomical J 134 2007 In popular culture editFilm edit In Spider Man 2 Peter Parker played by Tobey Maguire is seen dropping some of his books at Columbia University Among the books is the Fourth Edition of Liboff s Introductory Quantum Mechanics 5 References edit http www ece cornell edu peo detail cfm NetID rll9 Cornell ECE department faculty profile page Richard Liboff Obituary New York New York Tributes com www tributes com Physicist Richard L Liboff dies at 82 Cornell News http prola aps org abstract PRB v34 i10 p7063 1 Schenter Liboff 1986 Phys Rev B Where did Spider Man learn his physics From Cornell s Richard Liboff Cornell News nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about an American physicist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Liboff amp oldid 1155121546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
