Prof. Dr. Alexander Belavin

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietTheoretische Physik
KeywordsLiouville Field Theory, String Theory

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandRussische Föderation
OrtChernogolovka
Universität/InstitutionRussian Academy of Sciences
Institut/AbteilungL.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Rainald FlumePhysikalisches Institut, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Prof. Dr. Günter GehlenPhysikalisches Institut, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Prof. Dr. Vladimir RittenbergPhysikalisches Institut, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Prof. Dr. Andreas KlümperPhysikalisches Institut, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.10.2005

Programm(e)

2005Forschungspreis-Programm auf Gegenseitigkeit für Wissenschaftler*innen aus dem Ausland

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

For about the past 30 years, Professor Belavin has been one of the leading scientists from the renowned Landau Institute in Chernogolovka near Moscow, with many of its significant achievements being connected with his name. A decisive breakthrough in Yang-Mills field theory occurred in his 1975 work, with Polyakov, Schwarz and Tyupkin, on instanton solutions. This enabled new types of results, beyond conventional perturbation theory, to be obtained in areas of physics as diverse as string and condensed matter theory. Mentioning in passing the fundamental 1982 Belavin-Drinfeld classification of solutions of the classical Yang-Baxter equation, Professor Belavin's other piece of work with lasting impact, and which established a whole new field of research, was that with Polyakov and A. Zamolodchikov on conformal field theory in two dimensions. This has since developed to provide a basic tool with numerous applications in almost every branch of theoretical physics. Professor Belavin's collaboration with the groups at Bonn and Wuppertal is focussed on correlation functions in string theory.