The Landau Gold Medal () is the highest award in

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 ...

awarded by the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...

and its predecessor the

Soviet Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991. It united the country's leading scientists and was subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (un ...

. It was established in 1971 and is named after Soviet physicist and

Nobel Laureate The Nobel Prizes (, ) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in th ...

Lev Landau Lev Davidovich Landau (; 22 January 1908 – 1 April 1968) was a Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics. He was considered as one of the last scientists who were universally well-versed and ma ...

. When awarded by the

the award was the "Landau Prize"; the name was changed to the "Landau Gold Medal" in 1992.

Prize laureates

*1971 -

Vladimir Gribov Vladimir Naumovich Gribov (Russian Влади́мир Нау́мович Гри́бов; March 25, 1930August 13, 1997) was a prominent Russian theoretical physicist, who worked on high-energy physics, quantum field theory and the Regge theory o ...

*1974 -

Evgeny Lifshitz Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz (; ; 21 February 1915 – 29 October 1985) was a leading Soviet physicist and brother of the physicist Ilya Lifshitz. Work Born into a Ukrainian Jewish family in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (now K ...

, Vladimir Belinski, and

Isaak Khalatnikov Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (, ; 17 October 1919 – 9 January 2021) was a leading Soviet theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, including general relativity, quantum field theory, as well ...

*1977 -

Arkady Migdal Arkady Beynusovich (Benediktovich) Migdal (; Lida, Russian Empire, 11 March 1911 – Princeton, United States, 9 February 1991) was a Soviet physicist and member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. He developed the formula that accou ...

*1980 -

Aleksandr Gurevich Aleksandr Viktorovich Gurevich (; 19 September 1930 – 21 July 2023) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian physicist. In 1992 he proposed the theory of lightning initiation known as the "runaway breakdown". Gurevich was born on 19 September 193 ...

and

Lev Pitaevskii Lev Petrovich Pitaevskii ( ; 18 January 1933 – 23 August 2022) was a Russian theoretical physicist, who made contributions to the theory of quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, low-temperature physics, plasma physics, and condensed matter physi ...

*1981-

Eva Jablonka Eva Jablonka (; born 1952) is an Israeli evolutionary theorist and geneticist, known especially for her interest in epigenetic inheritance. Born in 1952 in Poland, she emigrated to Israel in 1957. She is a professor at the Cohn Institute for th ...

*1983 - Alexander Patashinski and Valery Pokrovsky *1986 - Boris Shklovskii and Alexei L. Efros *1989 - Alexei Abrikosov,

Lev Gor'kov Lev Petrovich Gor'kov (; 14 June 1929 – 28 December 2016) was a Russian-American research physicist internationally known for his pioneering work in the field of superconductivity. He was particularly famous for developing microscopic foundations ...

, and Igor Dzyaloshinskii *1992 -

Grigoriy Volovik Grigory (or Grigori or Grigorii) Efimovich Volovik (Григорий Ефимович Воловик; born 7 September 1946 in Moscow) is a Russian theoretical physicist, who specializes in condensed matter physics. He is known for the Volovik effe ...

and Vladimir P. Mineev *1998 - Spartak Belyaev *2002 -

Lev Okun Lev Borisovich Okun (; 7 July 1929 – 23 November 2015) was a Soviet theoretical physicist. He is known for his contributions to particle physics and quantum chromodynamics. He coined the term hadron. Life Early life and education He was bor ...

*2008 -

*2013 - Semyon Gershtein *2018 - Valery Pokrovsky

References

{{Reflist Awards established in 1971 Civil awards and decorations of Russia Civil awards and decorations of the Soviet Union Physics awards Awards of the Russian Academy of Sciences USSR Academy of Sciences 1971 establishments in the Soviet Union

Prize laureates

See also

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