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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectYakir Aharonov
Dates
August 28, 1932 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Aharonov, Yakir, 1932-
Additional Forms of Names
Aharonov, Yakir
Biography
Abstract
Yakir Aharonov is an Israeli physicist specializing in quantum physics. He has made seminal contributions in quantum mechanics, relativistic quantum field theories and interpretations of quantum mechanics. In 1959, he and David Bohm proposed the Aharonov-Bohm effect.
Important Dates
August 28, 1932Birth, Haifa (Israel).
1956Obtained BSc, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa (Israel).
1960Obtained PhD, University of Bristol, Bristol (England).
1960 – 1961Research Associate, Brandeis University.
1961 – 1973Assistant Professor (1961-1964); Associate Professor (1964-1967); and Professor (1967-1973), Yeshiva University, New York (N.Y.).
1967 – presentProfessor (1967-2001) and Professor of Physics Emeritus (2001-present), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (Israel).
1973 – 2007Professor to Distinguished University Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia (S.C.).
1981Fellow, American Physical Society.
1988 – 1990Miller Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley.
1993Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1995Awarded Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize.
1998Awarded Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics, Wolf Foundation.
2007 – 2008Distinguished Professor of Theoretical Physics, George Mason University.
2008 – presentJames J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy, Chapman University, Orange (Calif.).
2009Awarded National Medal of Science.
2009 – 2012PI Distinguished Research Chair, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Occupation
Quantum physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Discovered the Aharonov-Bohm effect for which they co-received the 1998 Wolf Prize.
Marchewka, Avi
Advised by Aharonov at Tel Aviv University, Conditional Feynman Integrals.
Colleagues
Arkani-Hamed, Nima
Both employed at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Bahcall, Neta
Both employed at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Cirac, Juan Ignacio
Both employed at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Dvali, Giorgi
Both employed at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018
Both employed at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Kafatos, Minas C.
Both employed at Chapman University.
Sen, Ashoke
Both employed at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Both employed at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Tollaksen, Jeff
Both employed at Chapman University.
Wen, Xiao-Gang
Both employed at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Additional
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Elitzur, Avshalom C.
Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-
Podolsky, Boris, 1896-1966
Rosen, Nathan, -1995
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Institutions
Major Positions
Brandeis University Summer Institute in Theoretical Physics
Research Associate.
Chapman University
James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy.
George Mason University. Department of Physics & Astronomy
Distinguished Professor of Theoretical Physics.
Tel-Aviv. University. Institute of Planetary and Space Physics
Professor and Professor of Physics Emeritus.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Miller Research Professor.
University of South Carolina. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Professor to Distinguished University Professor.
Yeshiva University. Belfer Graduate School of Science
Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; and Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Fellow.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Tekhniyon, Makhon tekhnologi le-Yisra'el. Fakultah le-fisikah
Obtained BSc in Physics (1956).
University of Bristol. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1960).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Commemorating the 40th anniversary [computer file] / 2002.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Oral history interview with David Finkelstein, 2013 February 18.
Quo vadis quantum mechanics? / A. Elitzur, S. Dolev, N. Kolenda (eds.).