Klaus Hepp

Klaus Hepp ( born December 11, 1936 in Kiel) is a born in Germany Swiss theoretical physicist, working mainly in the field of quantum field theory.

Hepp studied mathematics and physics at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ( ETH) in Zurich, where he habilitated in 1962 and in 1963 received his doctorate in Res Jost ( " covariant analytic functions "). 1966 until his retirement in 2002, he was Professor of Theoretical Physics. 1964 to 1966 he was in Princeton at the Institute for Advanced Study. Hepp was also Loeb Lecturer at Harvard and at the IHES in Paris.

Hepp dealt with relativistic quantum field theory, quantum- theoretical statistical mechanics and theoretical laser physics. In quantum field theory, he gave a complete proof of the Bogolyubov - Parasiuk Renormalisierungsverfahrens ( Hepp and Wolfhart Zimmermann honor also BPHZ method called ). Since a research period 1975/6 at MIT, he also worked on neuroscience (eg interaction between motion sensors, sight and eye movements with V. Henn in Zurich ).

In 2004 he received the Max Planck Medal.

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