Martinus J. G. Veltman
Dutch theoretical physicist (1931–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrˈtinʏʃʏsˈtinʏs xoːdəˈfridʏs ˈtini ˈvɛltmɑn];[1] 27 June 1931 – 4 January 2021)[2][3][4][5] was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics with his former PhD student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory.[6]
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Born | Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman (1931-06-27)27 June 1931 Waalwijk, Netherlands |
Died | 4 January 2021(2021-01-04) (aged 89) Bilthoven, Netherlands |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | Utrecht University |
Known for | Renormalization of Yang–Mills theory Dimensional regularization Schoonschip vDVZ discontinuity Passarino–Veltman reduction |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1999) Dirac Medal (1996) High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (1993) |
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Fields | Physics |
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Thesis | Intermediate particles in S-matrix theory and calculation of higher order effects in the production of intermediate vector bosons (1963) |
Doctoral advisor | Léon C. P. van Hove |
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