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Joshua Zak

Summary

Joshua Zak (Hebrew: 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.[1][2]

Joshua Zak
יהושע זק
Zak receiving the Israel Prize from Israeli Minister of Education Yifat Shasha-Biton in 2022
Born(1929-09-26)26 September 1929
Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania)
Died14 March 2024(2024-03-14) (aged 94)
Haifa, Israel
OccupationTheoretical physicist
Known forZak transform
Children2
AwardsWigner medal (2014)
Israel Prize (2022)

Most cited publications edit

  • Zak J. Berry's phase for energy bands in solids. Physical Review Letters. 1989 Jun 5;62(23):2747. [1] Archived 2 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  • J. Zak. Magnetic translation group. Physical Review. 1964 Jun 15;134(6A):A1602.[3]
  • 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 [2][dead link][3]
  • 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.[3]
  • Zak J. Finite translations in solid-state physics. Physical Review Letters. 1967 Dec 11;19(24):1385.[3]

Honors and awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Wigner Medal awarded to Professor Joshua Zak - Physics Department, Technion". phys.technion.ac.il. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d Joshua Zak at Google Scholar, Accessed 21 March 2023
  4. ^ Prof. Emeritus Joshua Zak will be awarded the 2022 Israel Prize in the Field of Physics and Chemistry Research

External links edit