Igor Mikhailovich Ternov (russian: И́горь Миха́йлович Терно́в; 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 M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

(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 radiation) is the electromagnetic radiation emitted when relativistic charged particles are subject to an acceleration perpendicular to their velocity (). It is produced artificially in ...

. 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 Quantum theory may refer to: Science *Quantum mechanics, a major field of physics *Old quantum theory, predating modern quantum mechanics * Quantum field theory, an area of quantum mechanics that includes: ** Quantum electrodynamics ** Quantum ch ...

and of

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

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

(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 "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

, 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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