Alexei Starobinsky
Russian theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1948–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexei Alexandrovich Starobinsky (Russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Староби́нский; 19 April 1948 – 21 December 2023) was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He was a pioneer of the theory of cosmic inflation, for which he received the 2014 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics together with Alan Guth and Andrei Linde.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Starobinsky.
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Born | Alexei Alexandrovich Starobinsky (1948-04-19)19 April 1948 |
Died | 21 December 2023(2023-12-21) (aged 75) |
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Thesis | Quantum Effects and the Amplification of Waves in Strong Gravitational Forces (1975) |
Doctoral advisor | Yakov Zeldovich |
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