Arsenij Sokolov

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name = Arsenij Sokolov

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birth_place = Russia, Novosibirsk
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field = physics
quantum field theory
elementary particle physics
work_institution = Moscow State University
alma_mater = Tomsk State University
doctoral_advisor = Piotr Tartakovsky,
Dmitri Ivanenko
doctoral_students = Igor Ternov
known_for = development of synchrotron radiation theory, Sokolov-Ternov effect.
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prizes = USSR State Prize (1976).
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Arsenij Alexandrovich Sokolov (19 March 1910, Novosibirsk, Russian Empire — 19 October 1986, Moscow, USSR) — was a Russian theoretical physicist known for the development of synchrotron radiation theory.

Biography

Arsenij Sokolov graduated from Tomsk State University (TSU) in 1931. He obtained the degree of kandidat nauk (equivalent to Ph.D.) from TSU under supervision of Piotr Tartakovsky (1934). The degree of doktor nauk was obtained by him from Leningrad Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute (1942, at that time in evacuation in Kazan').

Then he moved to Moscow State University (MSU), where he held the positions of the dean of the Faculty of Physics (1948—1954) and the head of the Theoretical Physics Department of the Faculty of Physics (1966—1982).

Research

Arsenij Sokolov research areas were quantum field theory and elementary particle physics.

* Together with Dmitri Ivanenko he worked on the development of the synchrotron radiation theory. His collaboration with Dmitry Ivanenko continued for almost 50 years.

* Together with Igor Ternov he discovered new quantum effects in microscopic particle motion such as Quantum Fluctuations of Electron Trajectories in Accelerators [cite journal|author=A. A. Sokolov and I. M. Ternov|title=|journal=Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz.|volume=25|pages=698|year=1953|url=] and the Effect of Radiative Polarization of Electrons and Positrons in a Magnetic Field [cite journal|author=A. A. Sokolov and I. M. Ternov|title=Polarization and Spin Effects in the Theory of Synchrotron Radiation|journal=Dokl. Akad. Nauk USSR|volume=153|pages=1053|year=1963|url= [in Russian] .] [cite journal|author=A. A. Sokolov and I. M. Ternov|title=On Polarization and Spin Effects in Synchrotron Radiation Theory|journal=Sov. Phys. Dokl.|volume=8|pages=1203|year=1964|url= ] known as Sokolov-Ternov effect.

elected publications

Books

*A. A. Sokolov, I. M. Ternov, "Synchrotron Radiation", Elsevier, 1969. ISBN 0080129455.
*A. A. Sokolov, I. M. Ternov, "Synchrotron Radiation from Relativistic Electrons" (edited by C. W. Kilmister) , American Inst. of Physics, New York, 1986. ISBN 0883185075.
*A. A. Sokolov, I. M. Ternov, and V. Ch. Zhukovskii, "Quantum Mechanics", Imported Pubn., 1986. ISBN 0828529671.

Papers

Doctoral students

*Igor Ternov
*Dmitry Gal'tsov

Awards

*USSR State Prize (1976) — for prediction and development of the effect of radiative polarization of electrons and positrons in a magnetic field (with Igor Ternov).

Persondata
NAME= Arsenij Sokolov
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Russian Physicist
DATE OF BIRTH= 19 March 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH= Novosibirsk, Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH= 19 October 1986
PLACE OF DEATH= Moscow, USSR