Vadim Alekseyevich Kuzmin | |
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Вадим Алексеевич Кузьмин | |
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| Born | (1937-04-16)16 April 1937 |
| Died | 17 September 2015(2015-09-17) (aged 78) Moscow |
| Education | Moscow State University Lebedev Physical Institute |
| Known for | GZK limit |
| Awards | RASFriedmann Prize(1999) INRMarkov Prize(2003) ITEPPomeranchuk Prize(2006) |
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| Institutions | Institute for Nuclear Research |
Vadim Alekseyevich Kuzmin (Russian:Вади́м Алексе́евич Кузьми́н; 16 April 1937 – 17 September 2015) was a Russian theoretical physicist.
Kuzmin completed his undergraduate studies in 1961 atMoscow State University and his PhD in 1971 atLebedev Institute. He has been a member of theInstitute for Nuclear Research in Moscow since its founding in 1970. There, he became a professor and chair of the department ofparticle astrophysics andcosmology. In 1987, he obtained the Russian doctoral title.
In 1966, he andGeorgiy Zatsepin predicted (what is now called) theGZK limit forcosmic rays.[1]
In neutrino physics, he proposed an experiment usinggallium/germanium detectors to detect low-energysolar neutrinos. In 1970, he proposedneutron/antineutron oscillations as a possibility for observing violation ofbaryon number.
Also in 1970, he independently discovered theSakharov conditions.
In the 1980s, he was a pioneer in the theory ofelectroweakbaryogenesis. In 1985, his influential work withValery Rubakov andMikhail Shaposhnikov estimated the rate of anomalous electroweak process that violatedbaryon number conservation in the cosmic plasma of the early universe.[2]
In 1999 the Russian Academy of Sciences awarded Kuzmin and Rubakov theFriedmann Prize "for a series of works on the formation of the baryon asymmetry of the universe".[3]
In 2000, he became a corresponding member of theRussian Academy of Sciences. In 2003, he received theInstitute for Nuclear ResearchMarkov Prize for his contributions to neutrino physics.[4] In 2006, he received thePomeranchuk Prize "for his pioneering work on baryon-number violating processes, baryogenesis, and on the fundamental properties of high-energy cosmic rays", together withHoward Georgi.[5]
За серию работ "Образование барионной ассиметрии Вселенной"
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