Evgenii L'vovich Feinberg (27 June 1912 – 10 December 2005) was a

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physicist, recognized for his contributions to

theoretical physics Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experim ...

. He was the son of a physician, born in

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, moving to Moscow in 1918 where he graduated from

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

as a theoretical physicist in 1935. He did research at the

Lebedev Physical Institute The Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI RAS or just LPI) (in russian: Физи́ческий институ́т имени П.Н.Ле́бедева Российской академии наук (ФИАН)), situated ...

Troitsk, Moscow Oblast Troitsk (russian: Тро́ицк) is a town in Troitsky Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia, located on the Desna River southwest from the center of Moscow on the Kaluzhskoye Highway. Population: 39,873 ( 2010 Census); 32, ...

from 1938, where he published over a hundred works in his field. Feinberg studied

radio physics Radiophysics (also modern writing "radio physics") is a branch of physics focused on the theoretical and experimental study of certain kinds of radiation, its emission, propagation and interaction with matter. The term is used in the following maj ...

(wave propagation), statistical acoustics, the neutron,

cosmic rays Cosmic rays are high-energy particles or clusters of particles (primarily represented by protons or atomic nuclei) that move through space at nearly the speed of light. They originate from the Sun, from outside of the Solar System in our own ...

and

particle physics Particle physics or high energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The fundamental particles in the universe are classified in the Standard Model as fermions (matter particles) an ...

. In his early years, he studied the

beta-decay In nuclear physics, beta decay (β-decay) is a type of radioactive decay in which a beta particle (fast energetic electron or positron) is emitted from an atomic nucleus, transforming the original nuclide to an isobar of that nuclide. For ...

of ionized atoms (1939), inelastic coherent processes (1941) and inelastic diffraction processes (1954). Feinberg headed the high-energy particle interaction research groups 1952–78. He was a guest professor at

Nizhny Novgorod State University The National Research State University of Nizhny Novgorod named after N.I. Lobachevsky, UNN (Russian: Нижегородский национа́льный иссле́довательский госуда́рственный университ ...

1944–46 and a professor at his former school,

Moscow Engineering Physics Institute National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) (russian: Национальный исследовательский ядерный университет "МИФИ" / НИЯУ МИФИ or ) is a technical un ...

1946–54, which later became the

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; russian: Московский Физико-Технический институт, also known as PhysTech), is a public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares speciali ...

Awards

*Member of

Russian Academy of Science The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

Pomeranchuk Prize The Pomeranchuk Prize is an international award for theoretical physics, awarded annually since 1998 by the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) from Moscow. It is named after Russian physicist Isaak Yakovlevich Pomeranchuk, wh ...

2000 for his studies of inelasticity of colliding

hadron In particle physics, a hadron (; grc, ἁδρός, hadrós; "stout, thick") is a composite subatomic particle made of two or more quarks held together by the strong interaction. They are analogous to molecules that are held together by the ele ...

Publications

*''On the propagation of radio waves along an imperfect surface'', J. Phys., vol. 9, pp. 317–330, 1944 *''About the external diffractive production of particles in nuclear collisions'' (1953), with

Isaak Pomeranchuk Isaak Yakovlevich Pomeranchuk (russian: Исаа́к Я́ковлевич Померанчу́к (Polish spelling: Isaak Jakowliewicz Pomieranczuk); 20 May 1913, Warsaw, Russian Empire – 14 December 1966, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet Union, Sov ...

*''Propagation of radiowaves along the terrestrial surface'' (1961) *''Direct production of photons and dileptons in multiple hadron production'' (1976) *''Hadron clusters and half-dressed particles in quantum field theory'' (1980) *''Art in a science dominated world'' (

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, 1987) *''Physicists. Epoch and Personalities'' (

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, 2011)

References

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