Yakov Zeldovich

Yakov Zeldovich
Яков Зельдович
Zeldovich on a 2014 Russian postage stamp
Born
Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich

8 March 1914
Died2 December 1987(1987-12-02) (aged 73)
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University
Known forZeldovich approximation
Zeldovich antidynamo theorem
Zeldovich equation of state
Zeldovich factor
Zeldovich mechanism
Zeldovich number
Zeldovich pancake
Zeldovich radiation
Zeldovich streaming model
Zeldovich regularization
Zeldovich spontaneous wave
Zeldovich–Liñán model
Zeldovich–Taylor flow
BZT fluid
Harrison–Zeldovich spectrum
Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect
ZND detonation model
Shvab–Zeldovich formulation
ZFK equation
Activation energy asymptotics
Diffusive–thermal instability
Gravitational memory effect
Method of matched asymptotic expansions
Primordial black hole
Self-similar solution of the second kind
Vector current conservation hypothesis
AwardsFriedmann Prize (2002)
Dirac Medal (1985)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1983)
Bruce Medal (1983)
Kurchatov Medal (1977)
Lenin Prize (1957)
Hero of Socialist Labor (1949, 1954, 1956)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsInstitute of Chemical Physics
Moscow State University
Sternberg Astronomical Institute
ThesisTheory of Nitrogen Oxidation (1939)
Doctoral advisorAleksandr Frumkin
Doctoral students
Other notable studentsRashid Sunyaev
Roman Juszkiewicz
Igor Novikov
Sergei Shandarin
Alexei Starobinsky
Vladimir M. Lipunov
Victor Shvartsman
Varun Sahni
Deborah Dultzin

Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich ForMemRS[1] (Russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич, Belarusian: Я́каў Бары́савіч Зяльдо́віч; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB,[2] D.N. was a leading Soviet physicist , who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions, combustion, and hydrodynamical phenomena.[3]

From 1943, Zeldovich, a self-taught physicist, started his career by playing a crucial role in the development of the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons. In 1963, he returned to academia to embark on pioneering contributions on the fundamental understanding of the thermodynamics of black holes and expanding the scope of physical cosmology.[4]

  1. ^ Ginzburg, V. L. (1994). "Yakov Borissovich Zeldovich. 8 March 1914–2 December 1987". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 40: 430–441. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1994.0049. S2CID 122681428.
  2. ^ "YaB-100 – Homepage". master.sai.msu.ru. sai-msu. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ Ya. B. Zel'dovich and Yu. P. Raizer; ed. by Wallace D. Hayes and Ronald F. Probstein (2002). Physics of shock waves and high-temperature hydrodynamic phenomena (Reprod. ed.). Mineola: N.Y. ISBN 0-486-42002-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference nuclear weapon archives Sublette was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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