Rajiah Simon, is a Professor of Physics at the
Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
Chennai
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,
India
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.
Rajiah Simon received the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, Applied science, applied or Fundamenta ...
in 1993 for pioneering work in
Quantum optics
Quantum optics is a branch of atomic, molecular, and optical physics dealing with how individual quanta of light, known as photons, interact with atoms and molecules. It includes the study of the particle-like properties of photons. Photons have b ...
.
Simon and collaborators initiated the "Quantum theory of charged-particle beam optics",
by working out the focusing action of a magnetic quadrupole using the
Dirac Equation
In particle physics, the Dirac equation is a relativistic wave equation derived by British physicist Paul Dirac in 1928. In its free form, or including electromagnetic interactions, it describes all spin- massive particles, called "Dirac par ...
.
[ R. Jagannathan, R. Simon, E. C. G. Sudarshan and ]N. Mukunda
Narasimhaiengar Mukunda (born 25 January 1939, New Delhi, India) is an Indian theoretical physicist.
Mukunda's higher education began at Delhi University, where he was granted a B.Sc. (Hon) degree in 1953. For his Ph.D. he studied at University ...
Quantum theory of magnetic electron lenses based on the Dirac equation
Physics Letters A, 134, 457-464 (1989).
References
External links
Google Scholar Profile of Rajiah Simon
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1948 births
Living people
Indian string theorists
Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Physical Science