Michael Edward Peskin (born October 27, 1951,Philadelphia) is an Americantheoretical physicist.^[1] He is currently a professor in thetheory group at theSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.^[2]

Peskin has been recognized for his work in proposing and analyzing unifying models of elementary particles and forces in theoretical elementary particle physics, and proposing experimental methods for testing such models.^[3][4] His textbook,An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, is widely used textbook in graduate physics.Peskin–Takeuchi parameters are named after him.

Michael Peskin is a fourth generation descendent of Jewish Lithuanian emigrants from thePale of Settlement. Both of his parents became medical doctors. Peskin attendedLower Merion High School in thePhiladelphia area and laterNew Trier West in the Chicago suburbs.^[5]

Peskin was anundergraduate atHarvard University. He obtained hisPh.D. in 1978 atCornell University studying underKenneth Wilson. He was a junior fellow at theHarvard Society of Fellows from 1977–1980.^[5]

After receiving his Ph.D. from Cornell University, Peskin served as a junior fellow of theHarvard Society of Fellows from 1977 to 1980.^[6] He also held postdoctoral appointments atSaclay Nuclear Research Centre (1979–1980) and Cornell (1980–1982).^[7][5] In 1982, Peskin joined the faculty of theSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory atStanford University.^[8]

In 2000, Peskin was elected to theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[3] He was appointed a co-editor of the journalAnnual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science as of 2023.^[9] He also serves on the Board of Directors ofAnnual Reviews.^[10]

Peskin has worked on many aspects of quantum field theory and elementary particle physics, exploring and going beyond theStandard Model of particle physics to exploretechnicolor theories.^[11]Peskin andDaniel V. Schroeder's widely used textbook onquantum field theory,An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (1995, 2018) is considered a classic in the field.^[12][13][14] More recently, he has writtenConcepts of Elementary Particle Physics (2019), a textbook on the Standard Model.^[15]

In 1990, Peskin and Tatsu Takeuchi proposed the parameterization of a set of three measurable quantities, calledS,T, andU, that are used to describe and simplify precisionelectroweak fits. These parameters are sensitive to new physics which contributes to oblique corrections.^{[16][17][18][19]} They are now called thePeskin–Takeuchi parameters.^[20]

Peskin uses high energy colliders to search for new physical interactions on the basis of high-precision observations and measurements of elementary particles, including the W and Z bosons, the top quark, and the Higgs boson.^{[21][22][23][24]} He is interested in modelling dark matter^[25] and is an advocate of building a futurelinear collider,^[26][24] a "Higgs factory".^[1]

• Peskin, Michael Edward; Schroeder, Daniel V. (1995).An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory. Reading: Addison-Wesley.^[12][27] Second Edition, 2018.^[28]
• Peskin, M. E. (1 May 1997).Beyond the Standard Model. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States).
• Peskin, Michael (13 June 2018).Model-Independent Determination of the Triple Higgs Coupling at e e- Colliders. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States).OSTI 1443894.
• Peskin, Michael Edward (2019).Concepts of elementary particle physics. Oxford New York: Oxford university press.ISBN 978-0-19-881218-0.

• Talks by Michael Peskin, PIRSA

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