James Bjorken
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James Daniel "BJ" Bjorken (born 1934) is an American theoretical physicist. He was a Putnam Fellow in 1954,[1] received a BS in physics from MIT in 1956, and obtained his PhD from Stanford University in 1959. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in the fall of 1962.[2] Bjorken is emeritus professor in the SLAC Theory Group at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and was a member of the Theory Department of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (1979–1989).
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James Bjorken | |
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Born | (1934-06-22) June 22, 1934 (age 89) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Stanford University (PhD) |
Known for | Bjorken scaling Intrabeam scattering Jet quenching Co-predicting the charm quark |
Awards | Putnam Fellow (1954) Heineman Prize (1972) E. O. Lawrence Award (1977) Pomeranchuk Prize (2000) ICTP Dirac Medal (2004) Wolf Prize in Physics (2015) EPS High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (2015) |
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Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | Fermilab, SLAC |
Doctoral students | John Kogut Davison Soper Helen Quinn |
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He was awarded the Dirac Medal of the ICTP in 2004; and, in 2015, the Wolf Prize in Physics and the EPS High Energy and Particle Physics Prize.[3]