| BORN:
April 4, 1949; RIGA,
LATVIA |
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| EDUCATION |
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Ph.D. - Theoretical & Mathematical Physics
Institute
for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP)
Moscow, USSR
Dissertation: Non-Leptonic Decays of Strange Particles
in QCD and Related Topics |
1976 |
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Diploma with Honors (Masters Degree Equivalent)
Moscow
Institute for Physics and Technology
Moscow, USSR
Thesis: The Problem of the Two-Muon Decays of K_L |
1966-1972 |
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| RESEARCH
POSITIONS |
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Professor (with Tenure) and Member
Theoretical
Physics Institute
School of Physics
and Astronomy
University of
Minnesota
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1990 - Present |
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Professor (equivalent)
Senior Researcher
Junior Researcher
Institute
for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Moscow, USSR |
1983-1990
1981-1983
1975-1981 |
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| HONORS
AND AWARDS |
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Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Research Awards
(Germany)
Fellow of The American Physical Society
J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize |
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1997
1999
1993, 1996
2006 |
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| RESEARCH:
KEY
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| 1974-1976 |
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The
penguin mechanism of flavor changing hadron (quark) transitions
introduced. (JETP Lett. 22 (1975) 55; Nucl. Phys. B120 (1977)
316; JETP 45 (1977) 670). |
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| 1978-1981 |
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Deriving
a new class of low-energy theorems stemming from the trace
anomaly of QCD. (Phys. Lett 78B (1978) 443; Sov. J. Nucl.
Phys. 30 (1979) 716; Nucl. Phys. B191 (1981) 301). |
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| 1977-1979 |
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Gluon
condensate introduced; the QCD Sum Rule method relating
the properties of the low-lying hadronic states to the vacuum
condensates ("SVZ sum rules") worked out. (Nucl.
Phys. B147 (1979) 385; Nucl. Phys. B147 (1979) 448). |
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| 1980 |
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The
invisible axion ("KSVZ axion") invented. (Nucl.
Phys. B166 (1980) 493). |
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| 1983-1991 |
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First
exact results in the supersymmetric gauge theories (gluino
condensate, beta functions). Solution of the anomaly problem
and holomorphy. (Nucl. Phys. B229 (1983) 407; Nucl. Phys.
B229 (1983) 381; Nucl. Phys. B277 (1986) 456; Nucl. Phys.
B359 (1991) 571). |
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| 1986-1988 |
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The
heavy quark symmetry introduced. (Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. 47
(1988) 511; Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. 45 (1987) 292). |
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| 1989-1990 |
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Extension
of the coset construction in two-dimensional conformal field
theory. (Int. J. Mod. Phys. A5 (1990) 803). |
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| 1989-1991 |
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Discovery
of the premature unitarization in the instanton-induced
amplitudes at sphaleron energies. (Nucl. Phys. B371 (1992)
177). |
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| 1985-1995 |
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Foundations
of the heavy quark expansion formulated; theory of inclusive
heavy flavor decays worked out. (Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. 41
(1985)120; Sov. Phys. JETP 64 (1986) 698; Phys. Rev. Lett.
71 (1993) 496; Phys. Rev. D49 (1994) 3356; Phys. Rev. D50
(1994) 2234). |
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| 1995-1996 |
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Alpha_s
crisis revealed. (Mod. Phys. Lett., A10 (1995) 605). |
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| 1994-1998 |
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Relation
between the divergence of the operatior product expansion
in high orders and duality violations in QCD; first semi-quantitative
models of duality violations suggested. (Proc. V PASCOS
Symp., March 1995, Baltimore, ed. J. Bagger (World Scientific,
Singapore, 1996), page 69; Phys. Rev D57 (1998) 2691; Phys.
Rev. D59 (1999) 054011). |
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| 1996-1999 |
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Central
extensions in N=1 superalgebras in the Yang-Mills theory
as a result of anomaly. The theory of the BPS-saturated
domain walls in supersymmetric gluodynamics and other supersymmetric
theories elaborated. (Phys. Lett. B396 (1997) 64; Phys.
Rev. D56 (1997) 7990; Phys. Rev. D59 (1999) 045016). |
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| 1999-2004 |
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Pinpointing
anomalies in supersymmetric theories with solitons. (Phys.
Rev. D59 (1999) 045016; hep-th/0108153); marginal stability
through delocalization (Phys. Rev. D63 (2001) 065018).
Theory
of supersymmetric solitons: flux tubes (strings), domain
walls (D. branes) and their junctions (confined monopoles).
(Phys. Rev. D67 (2003) 125007). |
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| 2002 |
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Cosmological
Constant Problem in Infinite Volume Extra Dimensions: Solving
through Infrared Modification of 4D Gravity (Phys. Rev.
D67 (2003) 044020). |
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| 2003-2005 |
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Orientifold
pairs - Planar equivalence (Nucl. Phys. B667 (2003) 170).
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| PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS |
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Vacuum Structure and QCD Sum Rules,
516 pp, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1992.
Unpublished foreword |
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Instantons in Gauge Theories,
488 pp, World Scientific,
Singapore, 1994. |
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The Many Faces of the Superworld:
Yuri Golfand Memorial Volume, 677 pp,
World Scientific, Singapore, 1999.
Link to foreword |
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At the Frontier of Particle Physics: Handbook of QCD/Boris Ioffe Festschrift, (in 3 Volumes),
2151 pp, World Scientific, Singapore, 2000.
Volume 4 published in 2002, 400pp.
Link to foreword |
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The Supersymmetric World:
The Beginnings of the Theory,
(with G. Kane), 273 pp,
World Scientific, Singapore, 2000.
Link to foreword |
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SUSY 30, International Symposium Celebrating
30 Years of Supersymmetry, NORTH-HOLLAND, Amsterdam, 2001,
450 pp.
(with K. Olive and S. Rudaz)
Link to foreword |
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Continuous Advances in QCD 2002 - Arkadyfest
(World Scientific 2002), with K. Olive and M. Voloshin.
Link to Brochure - Fun reading |
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From Fields to Strings: Circumnavigating Theoretical
Physics, Ian Kogan Memorial Collection, (with A. Vainshtein
and J. Wheater), 2388pp, World Scientific, Singapore,
2005.
Link to foreword |
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You Failed Your Math Test, Comrade Einstein: Adventures and Misadventures
of Young Mathematicians, 232 pp, World Scientific, Singapore,
2005.
Link to foreword |
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| PUBLICATIONS:
PAPERS |
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The
full publication list for 1971-2005 includes 260+ papers published
or accepted for publication. The list of publications beginning
in late 2002 is given below.
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HIGHLY
EXCITED HADRONS IN QCD AND BEYOND, hep-ph/0507246.
SPONTANEOUS
Z2 SYMMETRY BREAKING IN THE ORBIFOLD DAUGHTER OF N=1 SUPER-YANG--MILLS
THEORY, FRACTIONAL DOMAIN WALLS AND VACUUM STRUCTURE (with
A. Armoni and A. Gorsky), hep-th/0505022, PRD, submitted.
STUDYING
BOOJUMS IN N=2 THEORY WITH WALLS AND VORTICES (with R. Auzzi
and A. Yung), hep-th/0504148, Phys. Rev. D72, 025002 (2005)
NON-ABELIAN
FLUX TUBES IN SQCD: SUPERSIZING WORLD-SHEET SUPERSYMMETRY
(with A. Yung), hep-th/0501211, PRD, submitted.
COMMENTS
ON DIQUARKS, STRONG BINDING AND A LARGE HIDDEN QCD SCALE
(with A. Vainshtein), hep-ph/0501200, Phys. Rev. D71, 074010
(2005).
REFINING
THE PROOF OF PLANAR EQUIVALENCE (with A. Armoni and G. Veneziano),
hep-th/0412203, Phys. Rev. D71, 045015 (2005).
NON-ABELIAN
MEISSNER EFFECT IN YANG--MILLS THEORIES AT WEAK COUPLING,
(with A. Gorsky and A. Yung), hep-th/0412082, Phys. Rev. D71,
045010 (2005).
SPECTRAL
DEGENERACY IN SUPERSYMMETRIC GLUODYNAMICS AND ONE-FLAVOR QCD
RELATED TO N=1/2 SUSY, (with A. Gorsky), hep-th/0410099,
Phys. Rev. D71, 025009 (2005).
ENHANCED
WORLDVOLUME SUPERSYMMETRY AND INTERSECTING DOMAIN WALLS IN N=1
SQCD, (with A. Ritz, and A. Vainshtein), Phys. Rev. D70,
095003 (2004); hep-th/0405175.
NON-ABELIAN FLUX TUBES IN SQCD: SUPERSIZING
WORLD-SHEET SUPERSYMMETRY, (with A. YUNG), PRD, submitted;
hep-th/0501211.
COMMENTS ON DIQUARKS, STRONG BINDING
AND A LARGE HIDDEN QCD SCALE, (with A. Vainshtein),
PRD, submitted.
REFINING THE PROOF OF PLANAR EQUIVALENCE,
(with A. Armoni and G. Veneziano), PRD, submitted; hep-th/0412203.
NONABELIAN MEISSNER EFFECT IN YANG-MILLS
THEORIES AT WEAK COUPLING, (with A. Gorsky and A. Yung),
PRD, submitted; hep-th/0412082.
SPECTRAL DEGENERACY IN SUPERSYMMETRIC
GLUODYNAMICS AND ONE-FLAVOR QCD RELATED TO N=1/2 SUSY, (with
A. Gorsky), PRD, submitted; hep-th/0410099.
ENHANCED WORLDVOLUME SUPERSYMMETRY
AND INTERSECTING DOMAIN WALLS IN N=1 SQCD, (with A.
Ritz, and A. Vainshtein), Phys. Rev. D70, 095003 (2004); hep-th/0405175.
AN EXACT RELATION FOR ${\cal N}=1$
ORIENTIFOLD FIELD THEORIES WITH ARBITRARY SUPERPOTENTIAL,
(with A. Armoni and G. Veneziano), Nucl. Phys. B702, 37
(2004); hep-th/0404247.
NONABELIAN STRING JUNCTIONS AS CONFINED
MONOPOLES, (with A. Yung), Phys. Rev. D70, 045004, 2004;
hep-th/0403149.
FROM SUPER-YANG-MILLS THEORY TO QCD:
PLANAR EQUIVALENCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS, (with A. Armoni
and G. Veneziano), published in the Ian Kogan Memorial Collection
"From Fields to Strings: Circumnavigating Theoretical Physics,"
Ed. M. Shifman, A. Vainshtein and J. Wheater (World Scientific,
2004), Vol. 1, p. 353; hep-th/0403071.
SOFTLY MASSIVE GRAVITY, (with
G. Gabadadze), Phys. Rev. D69, 124032, 2004; hep-th/0312289.
LOCALIZATION OF NONABELIAN GAUGE FIELDS
ON DOMAIN WALLS AT WEAK COUPLING (D-BRANE PROTOTYPES II),
(with A. Yung), Phys. Rev. D70, 025013, 2004; hep-th/0312257.
EFFECTIVE LAGRANGIANS FOR ORIENTIFOLD
THEORIES, (with F. Sannino), Phys. Rev. 69 (2004); hep-th/0309252.
QCD QUARK CONDENSATE FROM SUSY AND
THE ORIENTIFOLD LARGE-$N$ EXPANSION, (with A. Armoni
and G. Veneziano), Phys. Lett. B579, 384-390, 2004; hep-th/0309013.
SUSY RELICS IN ONE FLAVOR QCD FROM
A NEW $1/N$ EXPANSION, (with A. Armoni and G. Veneziano),
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 191601, 2003, hep-th/0307097.
REMARKS ON STABLE
AND QUASISTABLE K STRINGS AT LARGE $N$, (with A. Armoni),
Nucl. Phys. B671, 67, 2003; hep-th/0307020.
ON $k$-STRING TENSIONS AND DOMAIN WALLS
IN ${\cal N}=1$ GLUODYNAMICS, (with A. Armoni), Nucl.
Phys. B664 (2003) 233-246, hep-th/0304127.
${\cal N}=2$ SIGMA MODEL WITH TWISTED
MASS AND SUPERPOTENTIAL: CENTRAL CHARGES AND SOLITONS, (with
A. Losev), Phys. Rev. D68 (2003) 045006, hep-th/0304003.
THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT AND DOMAIN
WALLS IN ORIENTIFOLD FIELD THEORIES AND ${\cal N} = 1$ GLUODYNAMICS,
(with A. Armoni), Nucl. Phys. B670, 148 (2003), hep-th/0303109.
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| INVITED
TALKS |
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2004/05
- Planar
equivalence: From supersymmetric gluodynamics to one-flavor
QCD, Seminar at Penn State, September 22, 2004.
- Understanding
the hadronic world with supersymmetry, Colloquium at Penn
State, September 23, 2004.
- Field
Theory and Mathematics Panel at the The Future of Physics
Conference, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, October
9, 2004.
- Discussion
Session on Quark-Hadron Duality, Workshop on QCD String Theory,
KITP, Santa Barbara, October 20, 2004.
- Planar
Equivalence: From supertsymmetric gluodynamics to one-flavor
QCD, Seminar at UCLA, November 2, 2004
- Planar
Equivalence: From supertsymmetric gluodynamics to one-flavor
QCD, Invited Talk at the Conference "QCD and String Theory",
November 15-19, 2004, KITP, Santa Barbara
- Supersizing
Worldvolume Supersymmetry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, December
19, 2004
- QCD
Strings as Inspiration and as a Challenge to String Theory,
Israeli Physics Seminar, Neve Shalom December 22, 2004
- Supersizing
Worldvolume Supersymmetry, Tel-Aviv University, December 23,
2004
- Understanding
the hadronic world with supersymmetry, Colloquium at Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, December 22, 2004
- QCD
Strings as Inspiration and as a Challenge to String Theory,
DESY, Hamburg, January 13, 2005
- QCD
Strings as Inspiration and as a Challenge to String Theory,
University of Wisconsin (Madison), April 21, 2005.
- Supersymmetry
and how it Helps Us Understand our World, Public Lecture,
University of Wisconsin (Madison), April 22, 2005.
Summer
2005
- k
Strings from Various Perspectives: QCD, Lattices, String Theory
and Toy Models, Understanding Confinement/ZakharovFest, Ringberg
Castle, Tegernsee, May 16-21, Germany
- Messages
from SUSY and Strings to QCD practitioners, Gribov-75 memorial
Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, May 22-24.
- Non-Perturbative
Yang-Mills from Supersymmetry and Strings, Invited Talk at
Planck-05/MohapatraFest, ICTP, Trieste, May 23-28, 2005.
- Non-Perturbative
Yang-Mills from Supersymmetry and Strings, Invited Talk (June
2) at PASCOS-05, Gyeongju, Korea, May 30 - June 4.
- Quark-Hadron
Duality and High Excitations, Invited Talk at the First Workshop
on Quark-Hadron Duality and Transition to pQCD, Frascati,
Italy, June 6-8.
- Future
of High Energy Physics, Invited Talk at the "Polish Kindergarten,"
Zakopane, Poland, June 10.
- Nonperturbative
Yang-Mills from supersymmetry and strings, Or, in the Jungles
of Strong Coupling, Lecture (June 10) at the Cracow School
of Theoretical Physics, June 3-12, Zakopane, Poland.
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Strings from Various Perspectives: QCD, Lattices, String Theory
and Toy Models, Lecture (June 11) at the Cracow School of
Theoretical Physics, June 3-12, Zakopane, Poland.
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| LECTURES:
FOR STUDENTS |
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The Uses of Instantons,
in S. Coleman, Chapter 7. |
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ABC of Instantons,
with Novikov, Vainshtein and Zakharov, Chapter III in ITEP Lectures
on Particle Physics and Field Theory. |
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| INTERESTING READING, YOU ARE WELCOME TO BROWSE
A fragment of A. Kolesnichenko's caricature "Sum
Rules 1985,"
60-th Birthday of Arkady Vainshtein: "First Poster," "Second Poster," "Brochure -- Fun Reading"
"Grandmaster," Sasha Polyakov on A.B. Migdal (in Russian).
Plaut on Antisemitism
"On Antisemitism
Today," An article by Oriana Fallaci in Panorama.
(Russian version)
"A Glimpse of 2012,"
"On Human Rights
Groups and Double Standards," M. Shifman's black
humor (2002).
"A Modern Version
of the Passover Story," by Daniel P. Waxman.
"Comrade Einstein, " edited by M. Shifman.
"Comrade
Einstein" - unpublished epilogue
Vladimir Vysotsky on
M. Shifman (in Russian)
Unpublished contribution
to the Yuri Simonov Festschrift
Future of Physics/KITP-2004
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