Gordon Walter Semenoff

Gordon Walter Semenoff (born July 11, 1953), OC, FRSC, is a theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is known for his research on quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and string theory and is particularly famous for his co-invention, together with Antti Niemi, of the parity anomaly in odd-dimensional gauge field theories^[1] and for his pioneering work on graphene.^[2] He is also well known for development of thermal field theory,^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] the application of index theorems and their generalizations in quantum field theory^[8] and string theory, notably with respect to the duality between string theories and gauge field theories.^[9]^[10]

^ Axial Anomaly Induced Fermion Fractionization and Effective Gauge Theory Actions in Odd Dimensional Space-Times, A.J. Niemi and G.W. Semenoff, Physical Review Letters 51:2077, 1983.
^ Condensed Matter Simulation Of A Three-Dimensional Anomaly. Gordon W. Semenoff, Physical Review Letters 53:2449, 1984.
^ Finite Temperature Quantum Field Theory in Minkowski Space. A.J. Niemi, G.W. Semenoff, Annals of Physics 152:105, 1984.
^ Thermodynamic Calculations in Relativistic Finite Temperature Quantum Field Theories. Antti J. Niemi, Gordon W. Semenoff, Nuclear Physics B230:181, 1984.
^ Real Time Feynman Rules For Gauge Theories With Fermions At Finite Temperature And Density, Zeitschrift für Physik C 29:371, 1985.
^ Discontinuities of Green Functions in Field Theory at Finite Temperature and Density. R.L. Kobes, G.W. Semenoff, Nuclear Physics B260:714-746, 1985.
^ Discontinuities of Green Functions in Field Theory at Finite Temperature and Density. 2, R.L. Kobes, G.W. Semenoff, Nuclear Physics B272:329-364, 1986.
^ Fermion Number Fractionization in Quantum Field Theory. A.J. Niemi, G.W. Semenoff, Physics Reports 135:99, 1986.
^ Wilson loops in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, J.K. Erickson, G.W. Semenoff, K. Zarembo, Nuclear Physics B582:155-175, 2000.
^ A New double scaling limit of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory and PP wave strings, C. Kristjansen, J. Plefka, G.W. Semenoff, M. Staudacher, Nuclear Physics B643:3-30, 2002.