Igor Mikhailovich Ternov (; November 11, 1921 – April 12, 1996) was a Russian theoretical physicist, known for discovery of new quantum effects in microscopic particle motion such as ''Dynamic Character of the Electron Anomalous Magnetic Moment'', '' the Effect of Radiative Polarization of Electrons and Positrons in a Magnetic Field,'' and ''Quantum Fluctuations of Electron Trajectories in Accelerators''.

Biography

Igor Ternov graduated from Faculty of Physics of

Moscow State University Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public university, public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, a ...

(MSU) in 1951, where he spent his entire career. Igor Ternov was one of the leading experts in the theory of

synchrotron radiation Synchrotron radiation (also known as magnetobremsstrahlung) is the electromagnetic radiation emitted when relativistic charged particles are subject to an acceleration perpendicular to their velocity (). It is produced artificially in some types ...

. He developed a new field, the theory of quantum processes in strong external fields, emerging from exact solutions of relativistic wave equations. He was the chairman of MSU Physical Society, the vice-rector of MSU, the head of Quantum Theory and of

Theoretical Physics Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain, and predict List of natural phenomena, natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental p ...

departments of the MSU Faculty of Physics. In 1976 he received the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize () was one of the Soviet Union’s highest civilian honours, awarded from its establishment in September 1966 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. It recognised outstanding contributions in the fields of science, mathem ...

(1976) for prediction and development of the effect of radiative polarization of electrons and positrons in a magnetic field. Igor Ternov was a member of the

Soviet Communist Party The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...

, a vice-rector and secretary of bureau of Communist Party of the Physics Department of the

Publications

He is author of more than 300 scientific papers, 5 monographs, and 10 textbooks. ;Books #A. A. Sokolov, I. M. Ternov, ''Synchrotron Radiation'', Elsevier, 1969. . #A. A. Sokolov, I. M. Ternov, ''Synchrotron Radiation from Relativistic Electrons'' (edited by C. W. Kilmister), American Inst. of Physics, New York, 1986. . #I. M. Ternov, V. V. Mikhailin, V. R. Khalilov, ''Synchrotron Radiation and Its Application'', Harwood Acad. Publ., Chur, Switzerland, 1968. #A. A. Sokolov, I. M. Ternov, and V. Ch. Zhukovskii, ''Quantum Mechanics'', Imported Pubn., 1986. . ;Papers * Arsenij A. Sokolov and I. M. Ternov (1953). '' Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz.'' 25: 698. In this work the effect of quantum fluctuations of electron trajectories in accelerators is predicted. * *A. A. Sokolov and I. M. Ternov (1964). "On Polarization and Spin Effects in Synchrotron Radiation Theory". ''Sov. Phys. Dokl.'' 8: 1203.

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Igor Ternov's papers on SPIRES
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