Raymond Stora
Raymond Félix Stora (18 September 1930 – 20 July 2015[1]) was a French theoretical physicist. He was a research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), as well as a member of CERN's theory group. His work focused on particle physics.[2]
Raymond Stora | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 18, 1930 |
| Died | July 20, 2015 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Awards | Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, 2009 Max Planck Medal, 1998 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de physique des particules |
| Doctoral advisor | Victor Weisskopf |
| Doctoral students | Jean Bellissard Frédéric Pham |
Stora studied at the École Polytechnique from 1951 to 1953, and then at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he received a doctorate in 1958 under the supervision of Victor Weisskopf. Stora's most influential contribution to physics was his work with Carlo Becchi and Alain Rouet on a rigorous mathematical procedure for quantizing non-abelian gauge field theories, which dates from the mid 1970s and is now known as BRST quantization.
Stora was elected as a correspondent to the physics section of the French Academy of Sciences in 1994.[2] In 2009, he was awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics.[3]
References
- "Raymond Stora (1930-2015)". Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de physique théorique (LAPTh). July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "Raymond Stora Bio" (PDF) (in French). French Academy of Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- Sacco, Laurent (November 18, 2008). "Raymond Stora, lauréat du Prix Dannie Heineman de Physique Mathématique" (in French). Futura - Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
