Leonid Veniaminovich Keldysh(April 7, 1931, Moscow - November 11, 2016, Moscow) - Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1976), Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Advisor to the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the National Committee of Russian Physicists, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Uspekhi fizicheskikh nauk.
Biography
Born in Moscow in 1931. He was brought up in the family of his mother and stepfather. Graduated from school with a gold medal. In 1954 he graduated from the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University and entered the graduate school of the theoretical department of the Physical Institute. P. N. Lebedeva (FIAN) (supervisor - V. L. Ginzburg). He defended his dissertation in 1965 (a doctoral degree was awarded instead of a candidate's). Since 1957, he has been working in the Theoretical Department of the Lebedev Physical Institute (In 1989-1994, L. V. Keldysh was the director of the Lebedev Institute).
In 1962 he became a professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, in 1965 - a professor at Moscow State University, from 1978 to 2001 he held the position of head of the department of quantum radiophysics at the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University.
Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1968), Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1976), Academician-Secretary of the Department of General Physics and Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1991-1996.
For many years he was a member of the editorial boards of the journals "Physics and Technology of Semiconductors", "Reports of the Russian Academy of Sciences", "Solid State Communications". Since December 29, 2009, he has been the editor-in-chief of the Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk journal.
He was elected a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (1995), a member of the American Physical Society (1996), an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2001).
Scientific achievements
Research in the field of quantum theory of systems of many particles, solid state physics, semiconductor physics, quantum radiophysics.
Built (1957-58) a systematic theory of tunneling phenomena in semiconductors. For the first time (1957) carried out a correct calculation of the probability of a tunneling transition, taking into account the band structure of the materials used. He predicted the so-called indirect (with the participation of phonons) tunnel effect (1957) and the effect of shifting absorption bands in semiconductor crystals under the influence of an electric field (the Franz-Keldysh effect) (1958). In 1962 he proposed the use of spatially periodic fields (superlattices) to control the electronic spectrum and electronic properties of crystals. He showed that the multiquantum photoelectric effect and the high-frequency tunneling effect are different limiting cases of the same process and built a general theory of these phenomena (1964).
For the theoretical description of the states and kinetics of strongly nonequilibrium quantum systems, he developed a special diagram technique (1964). He was the first to propose (together with Yu. V. Kopaev) (1964) the well-known model of the metal-semiconductor (exciton dielectric) phase transition. Predicted the condensation of excitons with the formation of electron-hole drops (1968).
The works of L. V. Keldysh played an important role in the development of solid state physics.
Family
- Stepfather - Pyotr Sergeevich Novikov
- Father - Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Veniamin Lvovich Granovsky (1905-1964)
- Mother - Lyudmila Vsevolodovna Keldysh
- Grandfather - Vsevolod Mikhailovich Keldysh
- Mother's brother - Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh
- Mother's brother - Yuri Vsevolodovich Keldysh
- Maternal brother - Sergei Petrovich Novikov
Awards and prizes
- Lenin Prize (1974)
- Europhysics Prize (1975)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1975)
- Order of the October Revolution (1985)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (1999) - for a great contribution to the development of domestic science, the training of highly qualified personnel and in connection with the 275th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Laureate of the Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education for 2003 - for work for educational institutions of higher professional education "Educational and Scientific Center "Fundamental Optics and Spectroscopy" - a complex for training highly qualified personnel, new scientific and educational technologies
- S. I. Vavilov Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2005) - for the cycle of works "Creation of modern methods for describing non-equilibrium states in the theory of condensed matter"
- International Prize in Nanotechnology (RUSNANOPRIZE) (2009) - for pioneering research on superlattices and tunneling effects in semiconductors
- Eugene Feenberg Memorial Medal (2011)
- I. Ya. Pomeranchuk Prize (2014)
- Big gold medal named after M.V. Lomonosov (2015)
Articles
- Articles by Leonid Veniaminovich Keldysh in the journal "Uspekhi fizicheskikh nauk"
IV.1931-11.XI.2016)- Russian theoretical physicist acad. Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1976, corresponding member 1968). R. in Moscow. Graduated from Moscow University (1954). Works at the Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (Head of the Sector), since 1969 - also a professor, since 1978 - head. Department of Moscow University. Advisor to the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the National Committee of Russian Physicists. Son L.V. Keldysh, nephew of M.V. Keldysh and Yu.V. Keldysh. Grandson V.M. Keldysh. He was brought up in the family of his mother and her second husband P.S. Novikova, half-brother of S.P. Novikov.
Research in the field of quantum theory of systems of many particles solid state physics semiconductor physics quantum radiophysics. Built (1957 - 58) a systematic theory of tunneling phenomena in semiconductors. For the first time (1957) carried out a correct calculation of the probability of a tunneling transition, taking into account the band structure of the materials used. He predicted the so-called indirect (with the participation of phonons) tunnel effect (1957) and the effect of shifting absorption bands in semiconductor crystals under the influence of an electric field (the Franz-Keldysh effect) (1958). Showed (1964) that the multiquantum photoelectric effect and the high-frequency tunneling effect are different limiting cases of the same process and built a general theory of these phenomena. For a cycle of theoretical work on semiconductor physics in 1974 he was awarded the Lenin Prize.
In 1962 he proposed the use of spatially periodic fields (superlattices) to control the electronic spectrum and electronic properties of crystals. Developed (1964) a very general and effective theoretical apparatus for considering strongly nonequilibrium states of quantum-statistical systems. Predicted (1968) the condensation of excitons with the formation of electron-hole drops.
Recent works are devoted to the theory of condensed matter.
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the American Physical Society.
M.V. Lomonosov Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1964), Lenin Prize (1974), Hewlett-Packard Prize of the European Physical Society (1975), Prize. Alexander Humboldt (1994). X-ray prof. University of Würzburg (1997). Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education for 2003 - for work for educational institutions of higher professional education "Educational and Scientific Center" Fundamental Optics and Spectroscopy "- a complex for training highly qualified personnel, new scientific and educational technologies. S. I. Vavilov Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2005) - for the cycle of works "Creation of modern methods for describing non-equilibrium states in the theory of condensed matter." Laureate of the RUSNANOPRIZE International Nanotechnology Prize (2009) - for pioneering research on superlattices and tunneling effects in semiconductors. Prize named after I.Ya. Pomeranchuk (2014). Big Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences named after M.V. Lomonosov (2015).
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Leonid Veniaminovich Keldysh(born April 7, Moscow) - Russian theoretical physicist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (), doctor of physical and mathematical sciences. Advisor to the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the National Committee of Russian Physicists, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Uspekhi fizicheskikh nauk.
Biography
Scientific achievements
Research in the field of quantum theory of systems of many particles, solid state physics, semiconductor physics, quantum radiophysics.
Built (1957-58) a systematic theory of tunneling phenomena in semiconductors. For the first time (1957) carried out a correct calculation of the probability of a tunneling transition, taking into account the band structure of the materials used. He predicted the so-called indirect (with the participation of phonons) tunnel effect (1957) and the effect of shifting absorption bands in semiconductor crystals under the influence of an electric field (the Franz-Keldysh effect) (1958). In 1962 he proposed the use of spatially periodic fields (superlattices) to control the electronic spectrum and electronic properties of crystals. He showed that the multiquantum photoelectric effect and the high-frequency tunneling effect are different limiting cases of the same process and built a general theory of these phenomena (1964).
For the theoretical description of the states and kinetics of strongly nonequilibrium quantum systems, he developed a special diagram technique (1964). He was the first to propose (together with Yu. V. Kopaev) (1964) the well-known model of the metal-semiconductor (exciton dielectric) phase transition. Predicted the condensation of excitons with the formation of electron-hole drops (1968).
The works of L. V. Keldysh played an important role in the development of solid state physics.
Awards and prizes
Articles
see also
Write a review on the article "Keldysh, Leonid Veniaminovich"
Notes
Sources
- on the official website of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- // UFN, 2011, Volume 181, Issue 4
An excerpt characterizing Keldysh, Leonid Veniaminovich
- Well, you know what burned down, well, what to talk about! the major said.Passing through Khamovniki (one of the few unburnt quarters of Moscow) past the church, the entire crowd of prisoners suddenly huddled to one side, and exclamations of horror and disgust were heard.
- Look, you bastards! That is not Christ! Yes, dead, dead and there ... They smeared it with something.
Pierre also moved towards the church, which had something that caused exclamations, and vaguely saw something leaning against the fence of the church. From the words of his comrades, who saw him better, he learned that it was something like the corpse of a man, standing upright by the fence and smeared with soot in his face ...
– Marchez, sacre nom… Filez… trente mille diables… [Go! go! Damn! Devils!] - the convoys cursed, and the French soldiers, with renewed anger, dispersed the crowd of prisoners who were looking at the dead man with cleavers.
Along the lanes of Khamovniki, the prisoners walked alone with their escort and the wagons and wagons that belonged to the escorts and rode behind; but, having gone out to the grocery stores, they found themselves in the middle of a huge, closely moving artillery convoy, mixed with private wagons.
At the very bridge, everyone stopped, waiting for those who were riding in front to advance. From the bridge, the prisoners opened behind and in front of endless rows of other moving convoys. To the right, where the Kaluga road curved past Neskuchny, disappearing into the distance, stretched endless ranks of troops and convoys. These were the troops of the Beauharnais corps that had come out first; Behind, along the embankment and across the Stone Bridge, Ney's troops and wagon trains stretched.
Davout's troops, to which the prisoners belonged, went through the Crimean ford and already partly entered Kaluga Street. But the carts were so stretched out that the last trains of Beauharnais had not yet left Moscow for Kaluzhskaya Street, and the head of Ney's troops was already leaving Bolshaya Ordynka.
Having passed the Crimean ford, the prisoners moved several steps and stopped, and again moved, and on all sides the carriages and people became more and more embarrassed. After walking for more than an hour those several hundred steps that separate the bridge from Kaluzhskaya Street, and having reached the square where Zamoskvoretsky Streets converge with Kaluzhskaya Street, the prisoners, squeezed into a heap, stopped and stood for several hours at this intersection. From all sides was heard the incessant, like the sound of the sea, the rumble of wheels, and the tramp of feet, and incessant angry cries and curses. Pierre stood pressed against the wall of the charred house, listening to this sound, which in his imagination merged with the sounds of the drum.
Several captured officers, in order to see better, climbed the wall of the burnt house, near which Pierre was standing.
- To the people! Eka to the people! .. And they piled on the guns! Look: furs ... - they said. “Look, you bastards, they robbed him… There, behind him, on a cart… After all, this is from an icon, by God!.. It must be the Germans. And our muzhik, by God!.. Ah, scoundrels! Here they are, the droshky - and they captured! .. Look, he sat down on the chests. Fathers! .. Fight! ..
- So it's in the face then, in the face! So you can't wait until evening. Look, look ... and this, of course, is Napoleon himself. You see, what horses! in monograms with a crown. This is a folding house. Dropped the bag, can't see. They fought again ... A woman with a child, and not bad. Yes, well, they will let you through... Look, there is no end. Russian girls, by God, girls! In the carriages, after all, how calmly they sat down!
Again, a wave of general curiosity, as near the church in Khamovniki, pushed all the prisoners to the road, and Pierre, thanks to his growth over the heads of others, saw what had so attracted the curiosity of the prisoners. In three carriages, intermingled between the charging boxes, they rode, closely sitting on top of each other, discharged, in bright colors, rouged, something screaming with squeaky voices of a woman.
From the moment Pierre realized the appearance of a mysterious force, nothing seemed strange or scary to him: neither a corpse smeared with soot for fun, nor these women hurrying somewhere, nor the conflagration of Moscow. Everything that Pierre now saw made almost no impression on him - as if his soul, preparing for a difficult struggle, refused to accept impressions that could weaken it.
The train of women has passed. Behind him again trailed carts, soldiers, wagons, soldiers, decks, carriages, soldiers, boxes, soldiers, occasionally women.
Pierre did not see people separately, but saw their movement.
All these people, the horses seemed to be driven by some invisible force. All of them, during the hour during which Pierre watched them, floated out of different streets with the same desire to pass quickly; they all alike, colliding with others, began to get angry, to fight; white teeth bared, eyebrows frowned, the same curses were thrown over and over, and on all faces there was the same youthfully resolute and cruelly cold expression, which struck Pierre in the morning at the sound of a drum on the corporal's face.
Already before evening, the escort commander gathered his team and, shouting and arguing, squeezed into the carts, and the prisoners, surrounded on all sides, went out onto the Kaluga road.
They walked very quickly, without resting, and stopped only when the sun had already begun to set. The carts moved one on top of the other, and people began to prepare for the night. Everyone seemed angry and unhappy. For a long time, curses, angry cries and fights were heard from different sides. The carriage, which was riding behind the escorts, advanced on the escorts' wagon and pierced it with a drawbar. Several soldiers from different directions ran to the wagon; some beat on the heads of the horses harnessed to the carriage, turning them, others fought among themselves, and Pierre saw that one German was seriously wounded in the head with a cleaver.
It seemed that all these people now experienced, when they stopped in the middle of the field in the cold twilight of an autumn evening, the same feeling of unpleasant awakening from the haste that gripped everyone upon leaving and impetuous movement somewhere. Stopping, everyone seemed to understand that it was still unknown where they were going, and that this movement would be a lot of hard and difficult.
The escorts treated the prisoners at this halt even worse than when they set out. At this halt, for the first time, the meat food of the captives was issued with horse meat.
From the officers to the last soldier, it was noticeable in everyone, as it were, a personal bitterness against each of the prisoners, which so unexpectedly replaced the previously friendly relations.
This exasperation intensified even more when, when counting the prisoners, it turned out that during the bustle, leaving Moscow, one Russian soldier, pretending to be sick from his stomach, fled. Pierre saw how a Frenchman beat a Russian soldier because he moved far from the road, and heard how the captain, his friend, reprimanded the non-commissioned officer for the escape of a Russian soldier and threatened him with a court. To the excuse of the non-commissioned officer that the soldier was sick and could not walk, the officer said that he was ordered to shoot those who would fall behind. Pierre felt that the fatal force that crushed him during the execution and which was invisible during captivity now again took possession of his existence. He was scared; but he felt how, in proportion to the efforts made by the fatal force to crush him, a force of life independent of it grew and grew stronger in his soul.
Pierre dined on rye flour soup with horse meat and talked with his comrades.
Neither Pierre nor any of his comrades spoke about what they saw in Moscow, nor about the rudeness of the treatment of the French, nor about the order to shoot, which was announced to them: everyone was, as if in rebuff to the deteriorating situation, especially lively and cheerful . They talked about personal memories, about funny scenes seen during the campaign, and hushed up conversations about the present situation.
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Leonid Veniaminovich Keldysh(born April 7, Moscow) - Russian theoretical physicist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (), doctor of physical and mathematical sciences. Advisor to the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the National Committee of Russian Physicists, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Uspekhi fizicheskikh nauk.
Biography
Scientific achievements
Research in the field of quantum theory of systems of many particles, solid state physics, semiconductor physics, quantum radiophysics.
Built (1957-58) a systematic theory of tunneling phenomena in semiconductors. For the first time (1957) carried out a correct calculation of the probability of a tunneling transition, taking into account the band structure of the materials used. He predicted the so-called indirect (with the participation of phonons) tunnel effect (1957) and the effect of shifting absorption bands in semiconductor crystals under the influence of an electric field (the Franz-Keldysh effect) (1958). In 1962 he proposed the use of spatially periodic fields (superlattices) to control the electronic spectrum and electronic properties of crystals. He showed that the multiquantum photoelectric effect and the high-frequency tunneling effect are different limiting cases of the same process and built a general theory of these phenomena (1964).
For the theoretical description of the states and kinetics of strongly nonequilibrium quantum systems, he developed a special diagram technique (1964). He was the first to propose (together with Yu. V. Kopaev) (1964) the well-known model of the metal-semiconductor (exciton dielectric) phase transition. Predicted the condensation of excitons with the formation of electron-hole drops (1968).
The works of L. V. Keldysh played an important role in the development of solid state physics.
Awards and prizes
Articles
see also
Write a review on the article "Keldysh, Leonid Veniaminovich"
Notes
Sources
- on the official website of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- // UFN, 2011, Volume 181, Issue 4
An excerpt characterizing Keldysh, Leonid Veniaminovich
– ?!..- Do not be surprised. The father of that child is a descendant of Beloyar, and, of course, Radomir. His name was Svetozar. Or by the Light of Dawn, if you prefer. This (as they always have) is a very sad and cruel story ... I do not advise you to watch it, my friend.
North was focused and deeply sad. And I understood that the vision that I was watching at that moment did not give him pleasure. But in spite of everything, he, as always, was patient, warm and calm.
- When did this happen, Sever? Are you saying that we are seeing the real end of Qatar?
Sever looked at me for a long time, as if pitying.... As if not wanting to hurt even more... But I stubbornly continued to wait for an answer, not giving him the opportunity to remain silent.
“Unfortunately, it is, Isidora. Although I would very much like to answer you something more joyful ... What you are now observing happened in 1244, in the month of March. On the night when the last refuge of Cathar fell ... Montsegur. They held out for a very long time, ten long months, freezing and starving, infuriating the army of His Holiness the Pope and His Majesty the King of France. There were only one hundred real warrior knights and four hundred other people, among whom were women and children, and more than two hundred Perfect. And the attackers were several thousand professional warrior knights, real killers who received the green light to destroy the disobedient "heretics" ... to ruthlessly kill all the innocent and unarmed ... in the name of Christ. And in the name of the "holy", "all-forgiving" church.
And yet, the Cathars held out. The fortress was almost inaccessible, and in order to capture it, it was necessary to know the secret underground passages, or passable paths, known only to the inhabitants of the fortress or the inhabitants of the district who helped them.
But, as it usually happened with heroes, betrayal appeared on the stage... The army of killer knights, out of patience, going crazy from empty inaction, asked for help from the church. And of course, the church immediately responded, using its most proven method for this - giving one of the local shepherds a large fee for showing the path leading to the "platform" (the so-called nearest platform on which it was possible to arrange a catapult). The shepherd sold out, ruining his immortal soul... and the sacred fortress of the last remaining Cathars.
My heart was beating wildly with indignation. Trying not to succumb to the surging hopelessness, I continued to ask Sever, as if I still didn’t give up, as if I still had the strength to watch this pain and the savagery of the atrocity that had once occurred ...
Who was Esclarmonde? Do you know anything about her, Sever?
“She was the third and youngest daughter of the last lords of Montsegur, Raymond and Corba de Pereille,” Sever replied sadly. “You saw them at the head of Esclarmonde in your vision. Esclarmonde herself was a cheerful, affectionate and beloved girl. She was explosive and mobile, like a fountain. And very kind. Her name in translation meant - Light of the World. But acquaintances affectionately called her "flash", I think, for her seething and sparkling character. Just do not confuse it with another Esclarmonde - Qatar also had the Great Esclarmonde, Dame de Foix.
She was called Great by the people themselves, for her steadfastness and unshakable faith, for her love and help to others, for the protection and Faith of Qatar. But this is another, although very beautiful, but (again!) very sad story. Esclarmonde, whom you "watched", became the wife of Svetozar at a very young age. And now she was giving birth to his child, which the father, according to an agreement with her and with all the Perfect Ones, had to somehow take away from the fortress that same night in order to save it. Which meant that she would only see her child for a few short minutes while his father was preparing to escape... But, as you have already seen, the child was still not born. Esclarmonde was losing strength, and from this she panicked more and more. A whole two weeks, which, according to general estimates, should have certainly been enough for the birth of a son, came to an end, and for some reason the child did not want to be born ... Being in a complete frenzy, exhausted by attempts, Esclarmonde almost did not believe, that she would still be able to save her poor child from a terrible death in the flames of a fire. Why did he, an unborn baby, have to experience this?! Svetozar did his best to calm her down, but she no longer listened to anything, completely immersed in despair and hopelessness.
Having adjusted, I again saw the same room. About ten people gathered around Esclarmonde's bed. They stood in a circle, all equally dressed in dark, and from their outstretched hands a golden glow gently flowed into the woman in labor. The flow grew thicker, as if the people around her were pouring all their remaining Life Power into her...
It's the Cathars, right? I asked quietly.
– Yes, Isidora, they are Perfect. They helped her survive, helped her baby be born into the world.
Suddenly Esclarmonde screamed wildly... and at the same moment, in unison, a heart-rending cry of a baby was heard! A bright joy appeared on the emaciated faces surrounding her. People laughed and cried, as if a long-awaited miracle had suddenly appeared to them! Although, probably, it was so?.. After all, a descendant of Magdalene, their beloved and revered guiding Star, was born!.. A bright descendant of Radomir! It seemed that the people who filled the hall completely forgot that at sunrise they would all go to the fire. Their joy was sincere and proud, like a stream of fresh air in the expanses of Occitania scorched by fires! Greeting the newborn in turn, they, smiling happily, left the hall until only Esclarmonde's parents and her husband, her most beloved person in the world, remained around.
With happy, sparkling eyes, the young mother looked at the boy, unable to utter a word. She perfectly understood that these moments would be very short, because, wanting to save the newborn son, his father would have to immediately pick him up in order to try to escape from the fortress before morning. Before his unfortunate mother climbs the fire with the others....
– Thank you!.. Thank you for your son! - not hiding the tears rolling down his tired face, whispered Svetozar. – My bright-eyed joy... come with me! We will all help you! I can't lose you! He doesn't know you yet!.. Your son doesn't know how kind and beautiful his mother is! Come with me, Esclarmonde!
He pleaded with her, knowing in advance what the answer would be. He just couldn't leave her to die. After all, everything was calculated so perfectly! .. Montsegur surrendered, but asked for two weeks, ostensibly to prepare for death. In reality, they were waiting for the appearance of the descendant of Magdalene and Radomir. And they calculated that after his appearance, Esclarmonde would have enough time to get stronger. But, apparently, they say correctly: “we assume, but fate disposes” ... So she ordered cruelly ... allowing the newborn to be born only on the last night. Esclarmonde had no strength left to go with them. And now she was going to end her short, completely unlived life on the terrible fire of "heretics" ...
The Pereyles, embracing each other, sobbed. They so wanted to save their beloved, bright girl! .. They so wanted her to live!
My throat caught - how familiar was this story! .. They should have seen how their daughter would die in the flames of a fire. Just as I will probably have to watch the death of my beloved Anna...
