Biography:Heinrich Leutwyler

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Heinrich Leutwyler


Born 26 January 1938
Switzerland


Known for Quantum chromodynamics; chiral perturbation theory; quark theory

Heinrich Leutwyler (born 1938) is a Swiss theoretical physicist known for work on quantum chromodynamics, chiral symmetry, and low-energy particle physics.

Quantum chromodynamics

Leutwyler, with Harald Fritzsch and Murray Gell-Mann, helped establish the color-octet gluon picture that became part of quantum chromodynamics. QCD describes the strong interaction among quarks and gluons.

Leutwyler is also known for work on chiral perturbation theory, which connects symmetry principles to the low-energy behavior of hadrons.

References


Author: Harold Foppele