Vadim Berezinskii

Vadim L'vovich Berezinskii
Born (1935-07-15)15 July 1935
Kiev, Soviet Union
Died 23 June 1980(1980-06-23) (aged 44)
Nationality Soviet
Alma mater Moscow State University
Known for Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition
Scientific career
Fields Condensed matter physics
Institutions Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics

Vadim L'vovich Berezinskii (15 July 1935, Kiev – 23 June 1980, Moscow [1]) was a Soviet physicist. He was born in Kiev, graduated from Moscow State University in 1959, and worked in Moscow and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is famous for having identified the role played by topological defects in the low-temperature phase of two-dimensional systems with a continuous symmetry.[2][3] His work led to the discovery of the Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition, for which John M. Kosterlitz and David J. Thouless were awarded the Nobel Prize in 2016. He also developed a technique for treating electrons in one-dimensional disordered systems and provided first consistent proof of one-dimensional localization.[4] and predicted negative-gap superconductivity.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Abrikosov, A A; Gor'kov, L P; Dzyaloshinskiĭ, I E; Larkin, A I; Migdal, A B; Pitaevskiĭ, Lev P; Khalatnikov, I M (1981). "Vadim L'vovich Berezinskiĭ (Obituary)". Soviet Physics Uspekhi. 24 (3). doi:10.1070/pu1981v024n03abeh004788/meta. ISSN 0038-5670.
  2. ↑ V. L. Berezinskii, Destruction of long-range order in one-dimensional and two-dimensional systems having a continuous symmetry group I, Classical systems. Sov. Phys. JETP, 32, 493 (1971)
  3. ↑ V. L. Berezinskii, Destruction of long-range order in one-dimensional and two-dimensional systems possessing a continuous symmetry group II, Quantum systems, Sov. Phys. JETP 34, 610 (1972).
  4. ↑ V. L. Berezinskii, Kinetics of a quantum particle in a one-dimensional random potential, Sov. Phys. JETP 38, 620 (1974)
  5. ↑ V. L. Berezinskii, New model of the anisotropic phase of superfluid He³, JETP Lett. 20, 287 (1974)
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