Alexander Polyakov

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academic person physicist theoretical physicist

Alexander Polyakov is a renowned theoretical physicist known for his pioneering contributions to quantum field theory, string theory, and the theory of gauge fields.

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Label Occurrences
Alexander Polyakov canonical 4

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf academic ⓘ
person ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Dirac Prize ⓘ
surface form: Dirac Medal

Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics ⓘ
surface form: Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

Lars Onsager Prize ⓘ
Max Planck Medal ⓘ
Oskar Klein Medal ⓘ
citizenship Russia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
familyName Polyakov ⓘ
fieldOfWork conformal field theory ⓘ
gauge theory ⓘ
quantum chromodynamics ⓘ
quantum field theory ⓘ
statistical mechanics ⓘ
string theory ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
influenced development of conformal field theory ⓘ
development of modern string theory ⓘ
understanding of quark confinement ⓘ
knownFor Polyakov action in string theory ⓘ
Polyakov loop in gauge theories ⓘ
contributions to conformal invariance in quantum field theory ⓘ
contributions to two-dimensional quantum gravity ⓘ
pioneering contributions to quantum field theory ⓘ
pioneering contributions to string theory ⓘ
pioneering contributions to the theory of gauge fields ⓘ
work on confinement in non-abelian gauge theories ⓘ
work on monopoles and instantons ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
memberOf Princeton University faculty ⓘ
name Alexander Polyakov NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableConcept Polyakov action ⓘ
Polyakov loop ⓘ
confinement mechanism in non-abelian gauge theories ⓘ
conformal bootstrap ideas in field theory ⓘ
occupation theoretical physicist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
workLocation Princeton University ⓘ

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Description of subject: Alexander Polyakov is a renowned theoretical physicist known for his pioneering contributions to quantum field theory, string theory, and the theory of gauge fields.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wolf Prize in Physics → hasLaureate → Alexander Polyakov ⓘ
AdS/CFT correspondence → furtherDevelopedBy → Alexander Polyakov ⓘ
’t Hooft–Polyakov monopoles → namedAfter → Alexander Polyakov ⓘ
subject surface form: 't Hooft–Polyakov monopoles
’t Hooft–Polyakov monopoles → proposedBy → Alexander Polyakov ⓘ
subject surface form: 't Hooft–Polyakov monopoles