Lev Okun

Lev Okun
Лев Окунь
Born(1929-07-07)7 July 1929
Died23 November 2015(2015-11-23) (aged 86)
EducationMoscow Mechanical Institute
Known forCoining "hadron"
ITEP sum rules
Mirror matter
Okun–Pomeranchuk theorem
Sakata-Okun model
Eta meson
AwardsBruno Pontecorvo Prize (1996)
Matteucci Medal (1988)
Landau Gold Medal (2002)
Pomeranchuk Prize (2008)
Scientific career
InstitutionsMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Lev Borisovich Okun (Russian: Лев Борисович Окунь; 7 July 1929 – 23 November 2015) was a Soviet theoretical physicist. He is known for his contributions to particle physics and quantum chromodynamics. He coined the term hadron.


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