Philippe Nozieres: Feenberg Medalist 2001 Microscopic and phemomenological foundations of the theory of quantum many-body systems

摘要

The Eighth Eugene Feenberg Medal is awarded to Philippe Nozieres in recognition of his many pathbreaking contributions to many-body theory, including (1) His definitive work on the properties of the free electron gas, in particular in the region of realistic metallic densities, (2) his rigorous development of the theory of a normal Fermi liquid, which provided a firm microscopic faundation for the Landau theory, (3) his analysis of the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of 3-He solid-liquid mixtures, (4) his exact solution to the X-ray edge problem, (5) his elegant formulation of the low-temperature solution to the single-channel Kondo problem in the language of Fermi-liquid theory, (6) his introduction of the many-channel problem as a new class of quantum impurity systems, and (7) his innovative work on the static and dynamic behavior of the liquid-solid interface.