Giorgio Parisi

Giorgio Parisi
Parisi in 2006
Born (1948-08-04) 4 August 1948 (age 75)
Rome, Italy
EducationSapienza University (BS, MS, PhD)
Known forReplica trick
Parisi–Sourlas stochastic quantization
Altarelli–Parisi equations
Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation
AwardsBoltzmann Medal
Dirac Medal
Enrico Fermi Prize
Dannie Heineman Prize
Nonino Prize
Microsoft Award
Lagrange Prize
Max Planck Medal
EPS HEPP Prize
Lars Onsager Prize
Pomeranchuk Prize
Wolf Prize
Clarivate Citation Laureates
Nobel Prize in Physics (2021)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Statistical mechanics
quantum field theory
InstitutionsSapienza University
Columbia University
Academic advisorsNicola Cabibbo

Giorgio Parisi Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born 4 August 1948) is an Italian theoretical physicist, whose research has focused on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems. His best known contributions are the QCD evolution equations for parton densities, obtained with Guido Altarelli, known as the Altarelli–Parisi or DGLAP equations, the exact solution of the Sherrington–Kirkpatrick model of spin glasses, the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation describing dynamic scaling of growing interfaces, and the study of whirling flocks of birds.[1] He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Klaus Hasselmann and Syukuro Manabe for groundbreaking contributions to theory of complex systems, in particular "for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales".[2]

  1. ^ Parisi awarded the Nobel prize in physics in 2021. Nuzzo, R. (2006). "Profile of Giorgio Parisi". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (21): 7945–7947. Bibcode:2006PNAS..103.7945N. doi:10.1073/pnas.0603113103. PMC 1472410. PMID 16705030.
  2. ^ "All Nobel Prizes in Physics". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2021-10-05.

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