Torbjörn Sjöstrand (born 13 November 1954) is a Swedish
theoretical physicist
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 experime ...
and a professor at
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion Sweden, where he also got his PhD in 1982. He is one of the main authors of
PYTHIA
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, a program for generation of high-energy physics events.
In his early career, Sjöstrand spent shorter postdoc periods at DESY (Germany) and
Fermilab
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(USA). From 1989 to 1995 he was staff member in the CERN Theory division.
High Energy and Particle Physics Prize The High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, established in 1989, is awarded every two years by the European Physical Society (EPS) for an outstanding contribution to high energy and particle physics. :)
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Recipients
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* 1989 Georges C ...
of the
European Physical Society
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for the development of PYTHIA. He received the award together with
Bryan Webber
Bryan Ronald Webber, FRS, FInstP (born 25 July 1943) is a British physicist and academic. He was a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1973 to 2010, and Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge from 1999 to 2010. H ...
, who was also a co-recipient of the Sakurai Prize.