Isaak Khalatnikov

Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov ForMemRS (Russian: Исаа́к Ма́ркович Хала́тников; Ukrainian: Ісаа́к Ма́ркович Хала́тников; 17 October 1919 – 9 January 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, including general relativity, quantum field theory, as well as the theory of quantum liquids. He is well known for his role in developing the Landau-Khalatnikov theory of superfluidity and the so-called BKL conjecture in the general theory of relativity.

Isaak Khalatnikov
Born17 October 1919
Dnipro
Died9 January 2021 (aged 101)
Alma mater
Occupation
  • University teacher
Awards
  • Marcel Grossmann Award (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
Doctoral advisorLev Landau

Life and career

Khalatnikov was born into a Jewish family in Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro, Ukraine) and graduated from Dnipropetrovsk State University with a degree in Physics in 1941. He had been a member of the Communist Party since 1944. He earned his doctorate in 1952. His wife Valentina was the daughter of Revolutionary hero Nikolay Shchors.

Much of Khalatnikov's research was a collaboration with, or inspired by, Lev Landau, including the Landau-Khalatnikov theory of superfluidity.

During 1969 he briefly worked as a part time professor of theoretical physics at Leiden University.[1]

In 1970, inspired by the mixmaster model introduced by Charles W. Misner, then at Princeton University, Khalatnikov, together with Vladimir Belinski and Evgeny Lifshitz, introduced what has become known as the BKL conjecture, which is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding open problems in the classical theory of gravitation.

Khalatnikov directed the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Moscow from 1965 to 1992. He was elected to the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1984. He has been awarded the Landau Gold Medal, the Humboldt Prize, and the Marcel Grossmann Award. He was also a foreign member of the Royal Society of London.

He was portrayed by actor Georg Nikoloff in the film The Theory of Everything.

Khalatnikov died in Chernogolovka on 9 January 2021, aged 101.[2]

Honours and awards

Partial bibliography

Books
  • Khalatnikov, I. M. (2018). An Introduction to the Theory of Superfluidity. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-42-997144-0.
  • Khalatnikov, I. M. (2012). From the Atomic Bomb to the Landau Institute. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-64-227561-6.

Selected academic works
  • Landau, L.D.; Abrikosov, A.A.; Khalatnikov, I.M. (1954). "On the removal of infinities in quantum electrodynamics". Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR. 95: 497–500.
  • Landau, L.D.; Abrikosov, A.A.; Khalatnikov, I.M. (1954). "An asymptotic expression for the photon Green function in quantum electrodynamics". Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR: 1177.
  • Landau, L.D.; Khalatnikov, I.M. (1954). "On the anomalous absorption of sound near a second order phase transition point". Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR. 96 (469).
  • Landau, L.D.; Khalatnikov, I.M. (1956). "The gauge transformation of the Green's function for charged particles". Soviet Phys. JETP. 2.
  • Abrikosov, A.A.; Khalatnikov, I.M. (1959). "The theory of a Fermi liquid (the properties of liquid 3He at low temperatures)". Adv. Phys. 22 (329). doi:10.1088/0034-4885/22/1/310.
  • Bekarevich, I.L.; Khalatnikov, I.M. (1961). "Phenomenological derivation of the equations of vortex motion in He II" (PDF). Soviet Phys. JETP. 13 (3).
  • Lifshitz, E.M.; Khalatnikov, I.M. (1963). "Investigations in relativistic cosmology". Adv. Phys. 12 (46): 185–249. doi:10.1080/00018736300101283.
  • Belinskii, V.A.; Khalatnikov, I.M.; Lifshitz, E.M. (1970). "Oscillatory approach to a singular point in the relativistic cosmology". Adv. Phys. 19 (80): 525–573. doi:10.1080/00018737000101171.
  • Belinskii, V.A.; Khalatnikov, I.M.; Lifshitz, E.M. (1982). "A general solution of the Einstein equations with a time singularity". Adv. Phys. 31 (3): 639–667. doi:10.1080/00018738200101428.
  • Khalatnikov, I.M.; Lifshitz, E.M.; Khanin, K.M.; Shchur, L.N.; Sinai, Y.G. (1985). "On the stochasticity in relativistic cosmology". Journal of Statistical Physics. 38 (2): 97–114. doi:10.1007/BF01017851.

References
  1. "Isaak M. Khalatnikov" (in Dutch). Leiden University. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019.
  2. Prominent Physicist Khalatnikov, Involved In Building 1st Soviet Nuclear Weapon, Dies
  3. "468725 Khalat (2010 JG3)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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