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, author_abbrev_bot = , author_abbrev_zoo = , spouse = , partner = , children = , signature = , signature_alt = , website = , footnotes = Semyon Solomonovich Gershtein (born July 13, 1929 in Harbin) is a Soviet and Russian physicist. He is an

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since 2003. He is a

laureate.

Biography

After graduating from the Department of Nuclear Physics (Faculty of Physics) in

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 ...

, he worked at a school in

Kaluga Oblast Kaluga Oblast (russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, translit=Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. The 2021 Russian Census found a population of 1,069,904. G ...

until 1954. In 1955, he entered the graduate school of the

Institute for Physical Problems P. L. Kapitza Institute for Physical ProblemsNamed after Pyotr Kapitsa. (russian: Институт физических проблем имени П. Л. Капицы РАН) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The institute was founded in 1934. T ...

. He was a senior researcher in the Institute for High Energy Physics. He went on to become a professor of the

, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1963). He has authored more than two hundred publications and several scientific discoveries.

Honors and awards

IV class (2005) — ''for his great contribution to the development of nuclear energy, a productive scientific activities and many years of conscientious work'' *

(September 25, 1999) — ''for services to the state, many years of hard work and great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation among peoples'' *

* Pomeranchuk Prize from

Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics The Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP; Russian Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики) is a multi-disciplinary research center located in Moscow, Russia. ITEP carries o ...

(2011) *

Landau Gold Medal The Landau Gold Medal (russian: Премия имени Л. Д. Ландау) is the highest award in theoretical physics awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences and its predecessor the Soviet Academy of Sciences. It was established in 197 ...

(2013)

Selected publication

* * *

References

External links

Semyon Gershtein profile on the official website of the RAS

Semyon Gershtein's Articles in the journal "Physics-Uspekhi"
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