Chercheurs

Astronomie / GUTH, ALAN

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Position

Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Thèmes de recherche

elementary particle theory and the application of particle theory to the early universe.

He is the father in the inflationary theory of the Universe.

Prix et récompenses

2002 Dirac medallist, with Andrei Linde and Paul Steinhardt for the development of the concept of inflation in cosmology.

Publications

author of the popular book, The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins (1998).