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The Niels Bohr Archive's
History of Science Seminar |
Tuesday 14 May 2002 at 14.15
Aud. M, Niels Bohr Institute Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen |
V.A.Fock and his role in the development of
theoretical physics in the twentieth century
Abstract:
Short biography. Fock's teachers. Immediate reaction to Schrödinger
series. Göttingen work with Born. Klein-Fock-Gordon equation.
Self-consistent field. Second quantisation. Hidden symmetry of hydrogen
atom. QED-papers. Gravitation. Propagation of radio waves. Discussions
with Bohr in the 1960s. Foundations of quantum theory and gravitational
theory. Relations with Landau. Family. Personal reminiscences.
Biography:
Born in 1926, Demkov was a student of Professor Fock, working with him
for 25 years from 1949 until Fock's death in 1974, when Demkov succeeded
Fock as professor at Leningrad University. Demkov's main areas of
interest are theoretical atomic physics and atomic collisions.