People:Profiles:Yakir Aharonov



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Yakir Aharonov, Distinguished Professor of Quantum Information Science

Yakir Aharonov

E-mail:

yaharonov@gmu.edu

Phone:

+1.703.993.9224 (Office)
+1.703.993.1280 (Department)
+1.703.993.1269 (FAX)

Address:

MSN 6C3
212 Research I
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030 USA

Related Links:

Center for Quantum Studies

Recent or Current Courses:

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Research Interests:

Quantum Information Science, Fundamental basis of Mechanics

Biographical Sketch:

In 1998, Aharonov was co-recipient of the Wolf Prize (often the prequel to the Nobel Prize) for the discovery of the Aharonov-Bohm Effect, which he made with the late physicist David Bohm. The Aharonov-Bohm Effect is one of a small number of cornerstones for optimizing quantum coherence in principle and in applications, a field for which the Washington, D.C., area may shortly become the principal center in the world with the formation last month of the Joint Quantum Institute.
Aharonov is also a recipient of the Europhysics Prize, the Elliot Cresson Medal, the Weizmann Prize, the Rothschild prize, the 25th Van Vleck Lecturer, the Israel National Prize and is a member of the Israel National Academy of Sciences and the US National Academy of Sciences.
His work has had a wide impact in many areas of modern physics, including optics, nuclear physics, chemistry, condensed matter physics, elementary particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology and laser and molecular physics. Some of the practical ramifications for the Aharonov-Bohm Effect include improving the technology in electron microscope holography (which is used in modern medical scanners) and quantum computing.

Recent Publications:

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