Joshua Zak
{{Short description|Israeli theoretical physicist (1929–2024)}}
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| name = Joshua Zak
| image = Joshua Zak receives the Israel Prize.jpg
| caption = Zak receiving the Israel Prize from Israeli Minister of Education Yifat Shasha-Biton in 2022
| native_name = {{nobold|יהושע זק}}
| native_name_lang = he
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|09|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|03|14|1929|09|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = Haifa, Israel
| children = 2
| occupation = Theoretical physicist
| known_for = Zak transform
| awards = Wigner medal (2014)
Israel Prize (2022)
}}
Joshua Zak ({{Langx|he|יהושע זק}}; 26 September 1929 – 14 March 2024) was an Israeli theoretical physicist and writer known for the Zak transform, Zak phase and the Magnetic Translation Group. He received the 2022 Israel Prize and 2014 Wigner medal.{{Cite web|title=Wigner Medal awarded to Professor Joshua Zak - Physics Department, Technion|url=https://phys.technion.ac.il/en/about/news/wigner-medal-awarded-to-professor-joshua-zak|access-date=25 November 2020|website=phys.technion.ac.il}}Avron J, Bohm A, Schulman LS. The Wigner Medal 2014. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2015 Mar 1 (Vol. 597, No. 1, p. 011004). IOP Publishing.
Honors and awards
- Wigner Medal (2014)
- Israel Prize, for his achievements in physics (2022)[http://phys.technion.ac.il/en/about/news/prof-emeritus-joshua-zak-will-be-awarded-the-2022-israel-prize-in-the-field-of-physics-and-chemistry-research Prof. Emeritus Joshua Zak will be awarded the 2022 Israel Prize in the Field of Physics and Chemistry Research]
- The Brown–Zak fermion and the Zak transform are named after him.
Selected publications
- Zak J. Berry's phase for energy bands in solids. Physical Review Letters. 1989 Jun 5;62(23):2747. [https://faculty.washington.edu/cobden/papers/zak89.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213716/http://faculty.washington.edu/cobden/papers/zak89.pdf |date=2 June 2021 }}
- J. Zak. Magnetic translation group. Physical Review. 1964 Jun 15;134(6A):A1602.[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Joshua+Zak&btnG=#d=gs_cit&u=%2Fscholar%3Fq%3Dinfo%3AcJzU_8gimBYJ%3Ascholar.google.com%2F%26output%3Dcite%26scirp%3D0%26hl%3Den Joshua Zak] at Google Scholar, Accessed 21 March 2023
- Zak J, Moog ER, Liu C, Bader SD. A universal approach to magneto-optics. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 1990 Sep 1;89(1–2):107–23 [https://www.academia.edu/download/53628559/0304-8853_2890_2990713-z20170622-3086-1hpcrnm.pdf]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- Zak J, Moog ER, Liu C, Bader SD. Magneto-optics of multilayers with arbitrary magnetization directions. Physical Review B. 1991 Mar 15;43(8):6423.
- Zak J. Finite translations in solid-state physics. Physical Review Letters. 1967 Dec 11;19(24):1385.
References
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External links
- [https://phsites.technion.ac.il/zak/ Profile] at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology website
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Category:Israel Prize in physics recipients
Category:Theoretical physicists
Category:Scientists from Vilnius
Category:Polish Jews in Israel
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