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| name = Lowell S. Brown | | name = Lowell S. Brown | ||
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| birth_date = 1934 | | birth_date = 1934 | ||
| death_date = 5 April 2023 | | death_date = 5 April 2023 | ||
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'''Lowell S. Brown''' (1934 - 5 April 2023) was an American physicist.<ref name=" | '''Lowell S. Brown''' (15 February 1934 - 5 April 2023) was an American theoretical physicist.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web |title=Lowell S. Brown |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_S._Brown |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | ||
== Career and work == | |||
Brown worked in theoretical physics, with research ranging from quantum field theory to plasma, atomic, and precision-calculation problems.<ref name="wiki" /><ref name="uw">{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam |url=https://phys.washington.edu/memoriam |website=Department of Physics |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | |||
He earned his PhD at Harvard under Julian Schwinger, held positions at Yale and the University of Washington, and later worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he became a laboratory fellow.<ref name="wiki" /><ref name="uw" /> | |||
His advanced textbook ''Quantum Field Theory'' is included in the QFT further-reading list for readers seeking a more formal and graduate-level treatment.<ref name="wiki" /> | |||
== Selected works == | == Selected works == | ||
* ''Quantum Field Theory'' (1994). | * ''Quantum Field Theory'' (1994). | ||
* Research articles in quantum field theory, plasma physics, and precision atomic physics. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_S._Brown Lowell S. Brown] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_S._Brown Lowell S. Brown] | ||
* [https://phys.washington.edu/memoriam In Memoriam] | |||
* [https://www.gf.org/fellows/lowell-s-brown/ Lowell S. Brown] | |||
{{Author|Harold Foppele}} | {{Author|Harold Foppele}} | ||
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| Born | 1934 |
| Died | 5 April 2023
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| Known for | Quantum Field Theory textbook |
Lowell S. Brown (15 February 1934 - 5 April 2023) was an American theoretical physicist.[1]
Career and work
Brown worked in theoretical physics, with research ranging from quantum field theory to plasma, atomic, and precision-calculation problems.[1][2]
He earned his PhD at Harvard under Julian Schwinger, held positions at Yale and the University of Washington, and later worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he became a laboratory fellow.[1][2]
His advanced textbook Quantum Field Theory is included in the QFT further-reading list for readers seeking a more formal and graduate-level treatment.[1]
Selected works
- Quantum Field Theory (1994).
- Research articles in quantum field theory, plasma physics, and precision atomic physics.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Lowell S. Brown". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_S._Brown.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "In Memoriam". University of Washington. https://phys.washington.edu/memoriam.
External links
Author: Harold Foppele