Wojciech H. Zurek Scientist

Wojciech Hubert Żurek (born 1951) is a Polish-born naturalized American theoretical physicist and a leading authority on quantum theory, especially decoherence and non-equilibrium dynamics of symmetry breaking and resulting defect generation (known as Kibble-Zurek mechanism).

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1951
Birth place
Bielsko-Biała , Polish People's Republic
Education
Kraków
Jagiellonian University
Known for
No-cloning theorem
Kibble-Zurek mechanism
Quantum discord
Quantum decoherence
Quantum Darwinism
Einselection
Kibble-Zurek scaling laws

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Scientist

doctoral advisor
William C. Schieve
Field of study
Quantum mechanics

Wojciech H. Zurek on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://public.lanl.gov/whz