Jakob Yngvason Scientist

Jakob Yngvason (born 1945) is an Icelandic/Austrian physicist. He is professor of mathematical physics at the University of Vienna and Deputy Director of the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics (ESI) in Vienna. He has made important contributions to local quantum field theory, thermodynamics, and the quantum theory of many-body systems, in particular cold atomic gases and Bose–Einstein condensation. He is co-author, together with Elliott H. Lieb, Jan Philip Solovej and Robert Seiringer, of a monograph on Bose gases

Personal facts

Jakob Yngvason
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1945
Birth place
Reykjavík
Nationality
Iceland
Austria
Education
University of Göttingen
Known for
Quantum field theory
Thermodynamics

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Scientist

awards
Levi L. Conant
doctoral advisor
Hans-Jürgen Borchers
Field of study
Physics
Mathematical physics

Topical connections

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  1. http://mathphys.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=157964&tx_univiepersonal_pi1%5Busername%5D=yngvasj4&tx_univiepersonal_pi1%5Binum%5D=731&tx_univiepersonal_pi1%5Bpointer%5D=&tx_univiepersonal_pi1%5Balpha%5D=&tx_univiepersonal_pi1%5Bswords%5D=&tx_univiepersonal_pi1%5Bsinum%5D=&tx_univiepersonal_pi1%5Bskat%5D=&tx_univiepersonal_pi1%5Bbackpid%5D=157961&pkey=15557
  2. http://www.ams.org/notices/200204/comm-conantprz.pdf
  3. http://www.oeaw.ac.at/shared/news/2004/press_inf_20041011.html