Lev Okun

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Lev Okun was a prominent Soviet theoretical physicist known for his influential work in particle physics and contributions to the understanding of quarks, weak interactions, and the foundations of quantum field theory.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet physicist
human
theoretical physicist
areaOfInfluence Soviet school of particle physics
awardReceived Landau Prize
Sakharov Prize
USSR State Prize
citizenship Russia
Soviet Union
countryOfCitizenship Russia
Soviet Union
educatedAt Moscow State University NERFINISHED
employer Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute NERFINISHED
familyName Okun
fieldOfWork particle physics
quantum field theory
quark physics
theoretical physics
weak interactions
genre popular science
scientific literature
givenName Lev
hasResearchInterest elementary particles
gauge theories
standard model of particle physics
influenced later generations of particle physicists
influencedBy Lev Landau
Pyotr Kapitsa
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
memberOf Russian Academy of Sciences
USSR Academy of Sciences
nativeLanguage Russian
notableIdea Okun mass definition discussions
conceptual analysis of quarks
interpretation of weak interactions
notableStudent various Soviet particle physicists
notableWork contributions to quantum field theory foundations
popular science books on physics
textbooks on particle physics
work on quark model
work on weak interactions
occupation physicist
university teacher
residence Moscow
sexOrGender male
workLocation Moscow

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Max Planck Medal
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