Roger Balian (born 18 January 1933) is a French-Armenian physicist who has worked on quantum field theory,

quantum thermodynamics Quantum thermodynamics is the study of the relations between two independent physical theories: thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. The two independent theories address the physical phenomena of light and matter. In 1905, Albert Einstein argued ...

, and theory of measurement. Balian is a member of French

Académie des sciences The French Academy of Sciences (French: ''Académie des sciences'') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was at th ...

(Academy of Sciences). His important work includes the Balian-Low theorem. He teaches statistical physics at the

École Polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

.Les polytechniciens en physique des particules et en physique théorique
École Polytechnique.

Works

* * *A. Aspect, R. Balian, G. Bastard, J.P. Bouchaud, B. Cabane, F. Combes, T. Encrenaz, S. Fauve, A. Fert, M. Fink, A. Georges, J.F. Joanny, D. Kaplan, D. Le Bihan, P. Léna, H. Le Treut, J-P Poirier, J. Prost et J.L. Puget, ''Demain la physique'', (Odile Jacob, 2009) ()

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École Polytechnique alumni Mines Paris - PSL alumni Corps des mines 1933 births Living people French physicists Armenian physicists French people of Armenian descent Members of the French Academy of Sciences {{france-physicist-stub