Victor Nikolaevich Popov (Russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Попо́в; 27 October 1937 – 16 April 1994) was a Russian theoretical physicist known for his contribution to the quantization of non-abelian gauge fields. His work with Ludvig Faddeev on that subject introduced the fundamental objects now known as Faddeev–Popov ghosts.

Victor Popov
Born27 October 1937
Died16 April 1994 (1994-04-17) (aged 56)
NationalityRussian
Alma materLeningrad State University
Known forquantization of gauge fields; Faddeev–Popov ghosts
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum field theory
InstitutionsSteklov Institute of Mathematics

Popov graduated from the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Physics Faculty of Leningrad State University. Popov formed a group at Leningrad Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the USSR Academy of Sciences (LOMI) in early 1965, where he remained for life.[1]

Selected works

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  • L. D. Faddeev, L; V. N. Popov (1967). "Feynman diagrams for the Yang-Mills field". Physics Letters B. 25 (1): 29–30. Bibcode:1967PhLB...25...29F. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(67)90067-6.
  • Konopleva N. P., Popov V. N. (1982): Gauge Fields. Gordon & Breach Publishing Group. ISBN 3-7186-0045-5. (Originally published in Russian in 1972)

References

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  1. ^ Faddeev, L. D. "How I came to work with Victor Popov" (PDF). mathnet.ru. All Russian mathematical portal.