Arseny Sokolov | |
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Born |
Russia, Novosibirsk, Russian Empire |
19 March 1910
Died | October 19, 1986 Russia, Moscow, Russian SFSR |
(aged 76)
Citizenship | Russia USSR |
Nationality | Russia |
Fields |
Theoretical physics Quantum field theory Elementary particle physics |
Institutions | Moscow State University |
Alma mater | Tomsk State University |
Doctoral advisor |
Piotr Tartakovsky, Dmitri Ivanenko |
Doctoral students | Igor Ternov |
Known for | development of synchrotron radiation theory, Sokolov–Ternov effect |
Notable awards | USSR State Prize (1976) |
Arseny Alexandrovich Sokolov (Russian: Арсе́ний Алекса́ндрович Соколо́в; 19 March 1910 – 19 October 1986) was a Russian theoretical physicist known for the development of synchrotron radiation theory.
Arseny Sokolov graduated from Tomsk State University (TSU) in 1931. He obtained the degree of Kandidat nauk (Candidat of Science, equivalent to Ph.D.) from TSU under supervision of Piotr Tartakovsky (1934). The degree of Doktor nauk (Doctor of Science) was obtained by him from Leningrad Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute (1942, at that time in evacuation in Kazan).
Then he moved to Moscow State University (MSU), where he held the positions of the dean of the Faculty of Physics (1948—1954) and the head of the Theoretical Physics Department at the Faculty of Physics (1966—1982).
Arseny Sokolov research areas were quantum field theory and elementary particle physics.