Hugh David Politzer

Hugh David Politzer
Hugh David Politzer
Born	August 31, 1949 (age 74); New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Michigan; Harvard University
Known for	Asymptotic freedom; Prediction of charmonium; Quantum chromodynamics
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (2004); Sakurai Prize (1986)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	California Institute of Technology
Thesis	Asymptotic freedom: an approach to strong interactions (1974)
Doctoral advisor	Sidney Coleman
Doctoral students	Stephen Wolfram

Hugh David Politzer (/ˈpɑːlɪtsər/; born August 31, 1949) is an American theoretical physicist and the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology.^[1]^[2] He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Gross and Frank Wilczek for their discovery of asymptotic freedom in quantum chromodynamics.^[3]

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^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004". Nobel Web. 2004. Retrieved October 24, 2010.

Hugh David Politzer
Born	(1949-08-31) August 31, 1949 (age 74) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Michigan Harvard University
Known for	Asymptotic freedom Prediction of charmonium Quantum chromodynamics
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (2004) Sakurai Prize (1986)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	California Institute of Technology
Thesis	Asymptotic freedom: an approach to strong interactions (1974)
Doctoral advisor	Sidney Coleman
Doctoral students	Stephen Wolfram