2011 Dirac Medal

 On the occasion of the birthday of P.A.M. Dirac

we take pleasure in announcing that

the 2011 Dirac Medal and Prize

will be awarded to

 

Professor Edouard Brézin

École Normale Supérieuer, Paris, France

Professor John Cardy

University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Professor Alexander Zamolodchikov

Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

 

The 2011 Dirac Medal and Prize are awarded to Edouard Brézin (École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France), John Cardy (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) and Alexander Zamolodchikov (Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA) in recognition of their independent pioneering work on field theoretical methods to the study of critical phenomena and phase transitions; in particular for their significant contributions to conformal field theories and integrable systems. Their research and the physical implications of their formal developments have had important consequences in classical and quantum condensed matter systems and in string theory.

 

                                                                                                                8 August 2011