Arnold Markovych Kosevich ( uk, Арнольд Маркович Косе́вич; July 7, 1928 – October 3, 2006) was a

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and

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, known for contributions to the electron theory of metals and the theory of crystals.

Biography

Arnold Kosevich was born in

Tulchyn Tulchyn (, Romanization of Ukrainian, translit. ''Tul’chyn'', old name ''Nesterwar'' (from Hungarian language, Hungarian ''Nester'' - Dniester and ''war'' -town), Latin Tulcinum, pl, Tulczyn, yi, טולטשין, ro, Tulcin) is a town in Vinn ...

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. He graduated from

Kharkiv University The Kharkiv University or Karazin University ( uk, Каразінський університет), or officially V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ( uk, Харківський національний університет імені ...

in 1951, and received his PhD in 1954 under the supervision of

Ilya Lifshitz Ilya Mikhailovich Lifshitz (russian: Илья́ Миха́йлович Ли́фшиц; January 13, 1917 – October 23, 1982) was a leading Soviet theoretical physicist, brother of Evgeny Lifshitz. He is known for his works in solid state phy ...

. In 1954–1957 he worked at

Chernivtsi University Chernivtsi National University (full name Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, uk, Чернівецький національний університет імені Юрія Федьковича) is a public university in the City o ...

, in 1957–1974 at the

Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology The National Science Center Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (KIPT) ( uk, Національний науковий центр «Харківський фізико-технічний інститут»), formerly the Ukrainian Physics ...

. In the years 1974–2003 he headed the department of theoretical physics at the

Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering The B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering ( uk, Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур імені Б. І. Вєркіна) is a research institute that conducts basic research ...

. In 1990, he was elected corresponding member of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...

. He was twice awarded with the

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(1978, 2001). In 1999 he received the

Sinelnikov Prize Sinelnikov, Synelnykov (Russian or Ukrainian: Синельников, from ''Синельник'' meaning a blue-color dyer) or Siņeļņikovs (Latvian spelling) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Sinelnikova. Notable peopl ...

of the

. In 2004. he was awarded the title of Doctor (honoris causa) of

Kharkiv National University The Kharkiv University or Karazin University ( uk, Каразінський університет), or officially V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ( uk, Харківський національний університет імені ...

. He was on the committee of the Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award until his death.

Work

Arnold Kosevich worked on the theoretical researches of electronic properties of

metal A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typicall ...

s, mechanics of real

crystal A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macros ...

s and magnetoordered systems, and nonlinear dynamics of the condensed media. Together with I. M. Lifshitz, he established (1954) the connection between the oscillation of magnetic characteristics of metals ( De Haas–van Alphen effect) and the form of an electronic surface of Fermi (now called the Lifshitz–Kosevich formula). In 1953 he discovered the phenomenon of quantum dimensional effect in conducting films (the invention was registered in 1977).

Selected publications

# A.M.Kosevich, Dislocations in the Theory of Elasticity, Kyiv,

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, 1978. # A.M.Kosevich, Crystal Dislocations and Theory of Elasticity, in: “ Dislocations in Solids ”, ed. F.R.N. Nabarro, North Holland, 1979, 1, p. 33. # A.M.Kosevich, Physical Mechanics of Real Crystals, Kyiv, Naukova Dumka, 1981 (in Russian); translated into Polish: Wroclaw, Wydavnitctwo Uniwersitetu Wroclawskogo, 2000. # E.M.Lifshits, A.M.Kosevich, Chapter "Dislocations", in the book by L.D.Landau, E.M.Lifshits. “Theory of Elasticity ”, Moscow, 1986, p. 149 (in Russian); translated into English:. Pergamon Press, p. 108,1986. # A.M.Kosevich, Theory of Crystal Lattice, Kharkiv State University, Vishcha Shkola, Kharkiv, 1988 (in Russian); Translated into English: WILEY-VCH, Berlin, New York, 1999. # V.S.Bojko, R.I.Garber, A.M.Kosevich, Reversible Crystal Plasticity, Moscow, Science, 1991 (in Russian); Translated into English: American Institute of Physics, New York, 1994. # A.M.Kosevich, E.S.Syrkin, S.B.Feodosyev, Particle Frequency Distribution Functions and the Problem of the Localization of the Atomic Vibrations in Real and Multilayered Crystals, in: “Die Kunst of Phonons”: Lectures from the Winter School of Theoretical Physics, February 15–27, Hudova Zdrej, Poland, T. Paszkewicz and K.Rapcewics, Plenum Press, 1994, p. 33. # Yu.A.Kosevich, E.S.Syrkin, A.M. Kosevich, Vibrations Localized Near Surface and Interfaces in Nontraditional Crystals (review), Progress in Surface Science, 55, No 1 (1997). # A.M. Kosevich, Topology and Solid State Physics (review), FNT 30, 2, 2004. # Arnold M.Kosevich, The Crystal Lattice. Phonons, Solitons, Dislocations, Superlattices(Second Edition), "WILEY-VCH", Weinheim, 2005 # Kosevich A.M., Kovalev A.S.(8 entries) Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science, "Routledge"США, New York and London, 2005

Notes

External links

Memorial page of the Kharkov Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kosevich, Arnold Markovich 1928 births 2006 deaths 20th-century Ukrainian physicists National University of Kharkiv alumni People from Tulchyn Chernivtsi University academic personnel Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology