Fayyazuddin

Fayyazuddin, also spelled as Fayyaz Uddin (Urdu: فياض الدين‎ born 10 November 1930), is a Pakistani theoretical physicist, emeritus professor, specialising in theoretical physics and mathematical physics at Quaid-e-Azam University campus National Centre for Physics, Islamabad.[1][2] He is a senior scientist at the National Center for Physics. Fayyaz is doing research in the fields of quantum mechanics, particle physics, and meson physics. He has published numerous physics papers accompanied by Riazuddin and has co-authored Quantum Mechanics by Fayyazuddin and Riazuddin published in 2000.[3]

Fayyazuddin
Born (1930-11-10) 10 November 1930
Ludhiana, British India
NationalityBritish Indian, Pakistani
CitizenshipPakistan
Alma materUniversity of Punjab
Imperial College, London
Known forResearch in Gauge Theories, Chiral symmetry, Heavy Quark Spin Symmetry, Phenomenology of Particle Interactions
AwardsHilal-i-Imtiaz
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Physics
InstitutionsNational Center for Physics (NCP)
Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU)
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
King Abdul Aziz University (KAAU)
Ummal Qura University (UQU)
King Saud University (KSU)
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL)
Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies (EFINC)
University of Chicago (UC)
Doctoral advisorAbdus Salam
Other academic advisorsRafi Muhammad Chaudhry
InfluencesAbdus Salam
Notes
Brother of the theoretical physicist Riazuddin and father of the theoretical physicist Ansar Fayyazuddin.

Biography

Fayyaz is the brother of a physicist Riazuddin, and the student of Abdus Salam.

Education

He and his brother Riazuddin were born in 1930 in Ludhiana where they received their intermediate education. Following the partition of India, the family migrated to Lahore, Pakistan. The two attended Punjab University.[4] Fayyazuddin completed his Bachelor of Arts with honors in mathematics from Punjab University and subsequently earned Master of Science in mathematical physics under the fellowship of Abdus Salam.[5] His master's degree dissertation Methods of Mathematical Physics was co-written by Riazuddin. In 1953, he completed Masters of Philosophy in particle physics with the academic thesis Energy Loss of Mesons in Crystals under the fellowship of Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry from the same university. Fayyaz moved to Karachi and attended the Karachi University where he became a physics lecturer.[6]

After teaching mathematics and physics at Karachi University, Fayyaz traveled to the United Kingdom in 1959. He attended Imperial College London where Abdus Salam and Riazuddin were serving as the teacher. He was awarded a PhD in theoretical particle physics under the fellowship of Abdus Salam in 1962.[7] Fayyaz's dissertation was written on the "Preliminary Analysis of Photoproduction of K Mesons in the Mandelstam Representation".[8] Fayyaz then returned to Pakistan and served at the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).[9]

Academic career

Fayyazuddin joined PAEC in 1962 where he worked under Abdus Salam and continued his research on the cosmic ray mu-mesons. He published his research journal on the basis of the Bethe-Bloch theory. At that time, he published his thesis that sparked a controversy between two sets of experiments.

He undertook postdoctoral research at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago. At the institute, Fayyaz, Faheem Hussain, Riazuddin, and Peter Rotteli, formed "The Relativity Group", a team of young research scientists in special relativity. In 1968, when the Institute of Physics was established at the University of Islamabad (now Quaid-i-Azam University), the scientists returned to Pakistan. Fayyazuddin, Hussain, Arif-uz-Zaman, and Sarwar Razmi, joined the Institute of Physics.[10] The institute become an active center for theoretical particle physics research due to their distinguished contribution, and its presence was recognized internationally.[10]

In 1970, he went to Great Britain, where he attended Rutherford Appleton Laboratories as an associate research scientist. In 1972, he returned to the Institute of Physics of Quaid-e-Azam University. He joined the Theoretical Physics Group under his brother's guidance and participated in Fast neutron calculations – a key calculation to develop the weapons.[11] In 1973, Fayyaz traveled to Geneva, Switzerland where he became a visiting scientist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). In 1977, he returned Quaid-i-Azam University as a physics professor and subsequently became the dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. In 1980, he went to Saudi Arabia where he became a regular professor of physics at the King Saud University in Riyadh and a regular professor of physics at the Ummal Qura University in Mecca till 1996. After teaching in Saudi Arabia, he returned to Quaid-i-Azam University in 2005.[12] In 2007, Fayyazuddin joined Pakistan's National Center for Physics as a senior scientist. In 2008, he was awarded HEC Distinguished Professor award by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.[13] In 2000, the President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, conferred on him Pakistan's second-highest civilian award Hilal-i-Imtiaz for his contributions to the field of research in physics and science.[14]

Awards and honors

Fellowships and memberships
  • A fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
  • A research member, National Center for Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (1999)
  • An Associate Member at the International Center for Theoretical Physics (1966–1969, 1972–1980, 1983–1993)
  • An honorary Member of American Physical Society (1977)
  • A Life Member of Pakistan Physical Society (1999)
  • A Member, Syndicate, Quaid-i-Azam University (1975–1977).

Works

Research papers
  • Development of Science and its Impact on Society
  • First LHC School, National Center for Physics (2009)
  • The Kawarabayashi-Suzuki-Riazuddin-Fayyazuddin relation and strong mesonic couplings in the cloudy bag model.
  • Riazuddin, A.Q.; Sarker, Fayyazuddin (1 August 1968). "Current algebra, spectral function sum rules and the f − (0) / ƒ+(0) ratio in Kℓ3 decay". Nuclear Physics B. 6 (5): 515–522. Bibcode:1968NuPhB...6..515R. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(68)90297-6.
  • Fayyazuddin, Riazuddin (4 July 1974). "The ΔI = 1/2 rule in non-leptonic weak decays" (PDF). Nuclear Physics B. 76 (1): 125–136. Bibcode:1974NuPhB..76..125F. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(74)90142-4.
  • Radioactive D* decay using vector meson dominance by Riazuddin and Fayyazuddin

Conference papers
  • Current Algebra and Its Consequences by Fayyazuddin. Papers presented in Center for Advanced Mathematics and Physics (CAMP), National University of Sciences and Technology

Books
  • Quantum Mechanics by Fayyazuddin and Riazuddin, World Scientific, Singapore, 2000
  • A Modern Introduction to Particle Physics, 2nd edition, World Scientific, Singapore, 2000.
  • Selected Papers of Abdus Salam, with Commentary by A. Ali, Abdus Salam, Fayyazuddin, Riazuddin

See also

References
  1. COMSTECH, Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation; National Center for Physics (2009). "Physics – Dr. Fayyazuddin" (PDF).
  2. ICTP, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (1999). "News From Associates". ICTP News Press. Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.
  3. Fayyazuddin; Riazuddin (2000). Quantum mechanics. Singapore and Islamabad: World Scientific. pp. 1–467. ISBN 9971-5-0752-8.
  4. PAS, Pakistan Academy of Sciences. "Fellows of the Academy". Archived from the original on 28 August 2012.
  5. Fayyazuddin. "Prof. Abdus Salam, As I know him" (PDF). NCP. National Center for Physics.
  6. Fayyazuddin. "Salam, As I know him" (PDF). Quaid-i-Azam University. National Centre for Physics.
  7. "Fiazudin" ((html)). Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  8. Fayyazuddin (1961). "Preliminary Analysis of Photoproduction of K Mesons in the Mandelstam Representation". Physical Review. 123 (5): 1882. Bibcode:1961PhRv..123.1882F. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.123.1882.
  9. Rehman, Shahid-Ur- (1999). Long Road to Chagai: Early Days of PAEC. Print Wise Publications. p. 5.
  10. "Professor, National Centre of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  11. Rahman, Shahidur (1999), The Theoretical Physics Group: A Cue from Manhattan Project., Islamabad: Printwise publications, pp. 78–80
  12. HEC, Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) (2010), Dr. Fayyazuddin (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011
  13. HEC, Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) (2009). "HEC Distinguished National Professor" (Microsoft Word).
  14. ICTP, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (2000). "News from Associates".
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