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Charles M. Sommerfield was a theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at Yale University. He is the namesake of the Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound.

Charles M. Sommerfield
Alma materBrooklyn College (1957)
Harvard (1961)
Known forBogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Particle physics
InstitutionsYale
Institute for Advanced Study
Academic advisorsJulian Schwinger
Notable studentsHoward Georgi

Biography

Sommerfield studied for his bachelor's at Brooklyn College and earned his Ph.D. from Julian Schwinger at Harvard University in 1957. He worked at Berkeley and Harvard for two years each before becoming professor at Yale in 1961. He was a fellow of Trumbull College. Additionally, he has held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study and the University of Florida.

He is notable for his work on high-energy physics. He is one of the namesakes of the Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound, along with his graduate student M.K. Prasad. Another notable graduate student he supervised was Howard Georgi.

Sommerfield was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1968.

See also

References

  1. "Charles Sommerfield | Faculty of Arts and Sciences". fas.yale.edu. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  2. "Charles Sommerfield | Department of Physics". physics.yale.edu. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  3. "INSPIRE". inspirehep.net. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  4. "Fellows | Trumbull College". trumbull.yalecollege.yale.edu. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  5. "Charles Sommerfield - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. December 9, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  6. "High Energy Theory Faculty". www.phys.ufl.edu. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  7. Prasad, M. K.; Sommerfield, Charles M. (September 22, 1975). "Exact Classical Solution for the 't Hooft Monopole and the Julia-Zee Dyon". Physical Review Letters. 35 (12): 760–762. Bibcode:1975PhRvL..35..760P. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.760.
  8. "Physics Tree - Charles M. Sommerfield". academictree.org. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  9. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved March 7, 2021.


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