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Hugh Politzer

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Hugh Politzer

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Hugh Politzer (English: Hugh Politzer, August 31, 1949 -), American theoretical physicist, born in New York, is currently the Richard Chase Tolman Chair Professor at the California Institute of Technology. In 2004, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom in quantum chromodynamics with David Gross and Frank Wilczek.

Category
Scientists
Nationality
United States
Born
1949-08-31
Wikidata
Q107407
Occupations physicistnuclear physicistuniversity teachertheoretical physicist
Aliases H. David PolitzerHugh David PolitzerHugh PolitzerH. David PolitzerH. David PolitzerHugh David PolitzerHugh Politzer

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