Arseny Sokolov
Arseny Alexandrovich Sokolov was a Russian theoretical physicist known for the development of synchrotron radiation theory.
Biography
Arseny Sokolov graduated from Tomsk State University in 1931. He obtained the degree of Candidate of Sciences from TSU under supervision of Piotr Tartakovsky. The degree of Doctor of Sciences was obtained by him from Leningrad Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute.Then he moved to Moscow State University, where he held the positions of the dean of the Faculty of Physics and the head of the Theoretical Physics Department at the Faculty of Physics. He was a member of the Soviet Communist Party, a dean and secretary of bureau of the Communist Party of the Physics Department of the Moscow State University.
Research
Sokolov's research areas were quantum field theory and elementary particle physics.- Together with Dmitri Ivanenko he worked on the development of 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 and the Effect of Radiative Polarization of Electrons and Positrons in a Magnetic Field known as the Sokolov–Ternov effect.
Selected publications
Books
- A. A. Sokolov, I. M. Ternov, Synchrotron Radiation, Elsevier, 1969..
- A. A. Sokolov, I. M. Ternov, Synchrotron Radiation from Relativistic Electrons, American Inst. of Physics, New York, 1986..
- A. A. Sokolov, I. M. Ternov, and V. Ch. Zhukovskii, Quantum Mechanics, Imported Pubn., 1986..
- A. A. Sokolov, I. M. Ternov, and V. Ch. Zhukovskii, A. V. Borisov, Quantum Electrodynamics, Mir Publishing Moscow, 1988
Doctoral students
Awards
- Stalin Prize
- USSR State Prize — for prediction and development of the effect of radiative polarization of electrons and positrons in a magnetic field.
- 2 Orders of the Badge of Honour
- Medal "For Labour Valour"