Aleksandr Akhiezer

Aleksandr (Oleksandr) Akhiezer
Олександр Ілліч Ахієзер
Born(1911-10-31)31 October 1911
Cherykaw, now in Belarus
Died4 May 2000(2000-05-04) (aged 88)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
EducationIgor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
OccupationsTheoretical physicist, university lecturer, nuclear physicist
Known forAkhiezer mechanism
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorLev Landau
Doctoral studentsMykola Shulga
Dmytro Volkov

Aleksandr (Oleksandr) Ilyich Akhiezer (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Іллі́ч Ахіє́зер, Russian: Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Ахие́зер; 18 (31) October 1911 – 4 May 2000) was a Soviet and Ukrainian theoretical physicist, known for contributions to numerous branches of theoretical physics, including quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, quantum field theory, and the theory of plasma. He was the brother of the mathematician Naum Akhiezer.

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