Harry Lehmann

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Harry Lehmann
Harry Lehmann
Born(1924-03-21)21 March 1924
Died22 November 1998(1998-11-22) (aged 74)
Alma materRostock
Humboldt University of Berlin
Known forKällén–Lehmann spectral representation
LSZ reduction formula
AwardsHeineman Prize (1997)
Max Planck Medal (1967)
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum field theory
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute
University of Copenhagen
University of Hamburg
Academic advisorsFriedrich Hund

Harry Lehmann (21 March 1924 in Güstrow – 22 November 1998 in Hamburg) was a German physicist.[1]

Biography[edit]

Lehmann studied physics at Rostock and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

In 1952 he worked at the Max-Planck-Institut in Göttingen, and spent a year in Copenhagen and from 1956 worked in Hamburg.

In 1967 he won the Max Planck Medal for extraordinary achievements in theoretical physics. It is awarded annually by the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German: German Physical Society).

He had a strong collaboration with Wolfhart Zimmermann and Kurt Symanzik that led to the development of the Lehmann–Symanzik–Zimmermann reduction formula or LSZ formula after their initials. They were referred as the Field Club (German: Feldverein) by Wolfgang Pauli.[2]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Mack, Gerhard (30 April 1999). "Harry Lehmann 1924-98". CERN Courier.
  2. ^ Mack, Gerhard (1984-05-01). "Kurt Symanzik". Physics Today. 37 (5): 102–103. doi:10.1063/1.2916220. ISSN 0031-9228.

References[edit]

  • Karl von Meyenn (ed.), Wolfgang Pauli. Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel, Vol. IV, Part III, Briefwechsel 1955/56, Springer Verlag, p. 68ff, Wolfhart Zimmermann Harry Lehmann, der Feldverein und die Anfänge der axiomatischen Quantenfeldtheorie (Hamburg 1999)