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<p>Fix quantum biography internal link</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:54, 20 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l19">Line 19:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Quantum matter ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Quantum matter ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Landau's work is central to [[Physics:Quantum Statistical mechanics|quantum statistical mechanics]] and [[Physics:Quantum <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Condensed matter and solid-state physics</del>|condensed matter physics]]. Landau levels describe the quantized motion of charged particles in a magnetic field, while Fermi liquid theory explains interacting fermions in metals and helium-3.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Landau's work is central to [[Physics:Quantum Statistical mechanics|quantum statistical mechanics]] and [[Physics:Quantum <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Band structure</ins>|condensed matter physics]]. Landau levels describe the quantized motion of charged particles in a magnetic field, while Fermi liquid theory explains interacting fermions in metals and helium-3.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His approach to phase transitions and order parameters helped shape later discussions of [[Physics:Quantum phase transition|quantum phase transitions]], critical behavior, and collective excitations in matter.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His approach to phase transitions and order parameters helped shape later discussions of [[Physics:Quantum phase transition|quantum phase transitions]], critical behavior, and collective excitations in matter.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Create quantum physics biography page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox scientist<br /> | name = Lev Landau<br /> | image = Lev_Landau.jpg<br /> | caption = Lev Landau<br /> | birth_date = 22 January 1908<br /> | birth_place = Baku, Russian Empire<br /> | death_date = 1 April 1968<br /> | death_place = Moscow, Soviet Union<br /> | fields = Theoretical physics<br /> | workplaces = Kharkiv Physico-Technical Institute; Institute for Physical Problems<br /> | alma_mater = Leningrad State University<br /> | known_for = Landau theory; Fermi liquid theory; superfluidity; Landau levels; phase transitions<br /> | awards = Nobel Prize in Physics (1962)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Lev Landau&#039;&#039;&#039; (22 January 1908 - 1 April 1968) was a Soviet theoretical physicist whose work influenced condensed matter physics, quantum mechanics, statistical physics, nuclear physics, and field theory. He received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physics for theories of condensed matter, especially liquid helium.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1962/landau/biographical/ |title=Lev Landau - Biographical |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach |access-date=20 May 2026}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Landau developed powerful theoretical frameworks for phase transitions, superfluidity, Fermi liquids, diamagnetism, and collective behavior in many-particle systems. His textbook series with Evgeny Lifshitz became one of the defining references of theoretical physics.<br /> <br /> == Quantum matter ==<br /> Landau&#039;s work is central to [[Physics:Quantum Statistical mechanics|quantum statistical mechanics]] and [[Physics:Quantum Condensed matter and solid-state physics|condensed matter physics]]. Landau levels describe the quantized motion of charged particles in a magnetic field, while Fermi liquid theory explains interacting fermions in metals and helium-3.<br /> <br /> His approach to phase transitions and order parameters helped shape later discussions of [[Physics:Quantum phase transition|quantum phase transitions]], critical behavior, and collective excitations in matter.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Physics:Quantum Statistical mechanics]]<br /> * [[Physics:Quantum phase transition]]<br /> * [[Physics:Quantum critical point]]<br /> * [[Physics:Quantum Fermi surfaces]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist|3}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Landau, Lev}}<br /> [[Category:Nobel laureates in Physics]]<br /> [[Category:Quantum physicists]]<br /> [[Category:Theoretical physicists]]<br /> <br /> {{Sourceattribution|Biography:Lev Landau|1}}</div>

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