John Cardy
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John Cardy is a British theoretical physicist renowned for his influential work in statistical mechanics and conformal field theory.
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| instanceOf |
person
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theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Boltzmann Medal
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Dirac Medal of the Institute of Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ Lars Onsager Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Society fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
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University of Cambridge
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer |
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conformal field theory
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critical phenomena ⓘ entanglement entropy ⓘ finite-size scaling ⓘ percolation theory ⓘ phase transitions ⓘ quantum field theory ⓘ statistical mechanics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ two-dimensional conformal field theory ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
research papers on conformal field theory
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research papers on percolation ⓘ research papers on quantum entanglement ⓘ research papers on statistical mechanics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Cardy formula in conformal field theory
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Cardy’s boundary conditions in conformal field theory ⓘ Cardy’s crossing formula in percolation NERFINISHED ⓘ applications of conformal invariance in statistical mechanics ⓘ work on critical phenomena ⓘ work on entanglement entropy in one-dimensional quantum systems ⓘ work on finite-size scaling ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork | Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
physicist
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researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of theoretical physics ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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