Michael Green (physicist)
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Born | Michael Boris Green 22 May 1946 [1] London[1] |
Residence | Cambridge |
Nationality | British[1] |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Cambridge Queen Mary, University of London Princeton University University of Oxford |
Alma mater | Churchill College, Cambridge[1] |
Thesis | Crossing Symmetry And Duality in Strong Interactions (1970) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard J. Eden[2] |
Doctoral students | Wafic Sabra Michael Gutperle Ling-Yan Hung Miguel Paulos Aninda Sinha David Richards Marco Barrozo Bogdan Stefanski Tathagata Dasgupta Linda Uruchurtu[2] |
Known for | Superstring theory[3] Green–Schwarz mechanism |
Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[4] Dirac Prize Maxwell Medal and Prize (1987) Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2002) Naylor Prize and Lectureship (2007) Fundamental Physics Prize (2013) |
Spouse | Joanna Chataway[1] |
Website www www |
Michael Boris Green FRS [4] (born 22 May 1946) is a British physicist and one of the pioneers of string theory. Currently a professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and a Fellow in Clare Hall, Cambridge in England, he succeeded Stephen Hawking on 1 November 2009 as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.[5][6][7]
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Education and background
Green was born the son of Genia Green and Absalom Green. He attended William Ellis School in London and Churchill College, Cambridge[1] where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with first class honours in theoretical physics (1967) and a PhD in elementary particle theory (1970).[2][8][9]
Career
Following his PhD, Green did postdoctoral research at Princeton University (1970–72), Cambridge and the University of Oxford. Between 1978 and 1993 he was a Lecturer and Professor at Queen Mary, University of London and in July 1993 he was appointed John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. On 19 October 2009 he was confirmed as the next Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, to succeed Stephen Hawking on 1 November 2009,[5][6] but in 2015 was succeeded in that chair by Michael Cates, a specialist in colloids, gels, and particulate materials.
Research
After many years in collaboration with John Henry Schwarz,[10] he co-discovered the anomaly cancellation in type I string theory in 1984. This insight, named the Green–Schwarz mechanism, initiated the First Superstring Revolution. Green has also worked on Dirichlet boundary conditions in string theory which have led to the postulation of D-branes[11] and instantons.[12]
Awards and honours
Green has been awarded the Dirac and Maxwell Medals of the Institute of Physics, UK, the Dirac Prize of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste) and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics of the American Physical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989.[4] Green has co-authored more than 150 research papers.[7][13]
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On 12 December 2013, Michael Green shared the Fundamental Physics Prize with John Henry Schwarz "for opening new perspectives on quantum gravity and the unification of forces."
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