2011 - Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal, Institute of Physics (IOP) for inventing conceptual tools that reveal the deep implications of scale invariance on the behavior of phase transitions and dynamical systems.
2006 - Lorentz Medal, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
1999 - US President's National Medal of Science "For fundamental theoretical research in the areas of statistical, solid state and nonlinear physics and, in particular, for the development of scaling techniques in these fields.", Presented by President William Clinton in a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, March 14, 2000.
1998 - Lars Onsager Prize, American Physical Society
1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1980 - Wolf Prize in Physics for pathbreaking developments culminating in the general theory of the critical behavior at transitions between the different thermodynamic phases of matter.
1978 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1977 - Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society For his contributions to the conceptual understanding of the phase transitions and to the theory of critical phenomena
1969 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
1963 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
His primary areas of investigation include Quantum mechanics, Classical mechanics, Scaling, Statistical physics and Statistical mechanics. His study connects Mathematical physics and Quantum mechanics. While the research belongs to areas of Classical mechanics, he spends his time largely on the problem of Quantum statistical mechanics, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Quantum dynamics and Fermi liquid theory.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Twist, Turbulent heat, Multifractal system and Convective turbulence. As part of the same scientific family, Leo P. Kadanoff usually focuses on Multifractal system, concentrating on Attractor and intersecting with Gravitational singularity. His Statistical physics research integrates issues from Phase transition, Conjecture, Scaling law, Mean field theory and Coherence length.
Leo P. Kadanoff mainly investigates Statistical physics, Scaling, Mathematical analysis, Classical mechanics and Theoretical physics. His research on Statistical physics focuses in particular on Statistical mechanics. The various areas that he examines in his Scaling study include Universality, Conserved quantity and Multifractal system.
His Mathematical analysis course of study focuses on Eigenvalues and eigenvectors and Ising model and Spectrum. His work in Theoretical physics addresses subjects such as Renormalization group, which are connected to disciplines such as Fixed point. His Gravitational singularity study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Singularity and Fractal.
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Theoretical physics, Statistical physics, Toeplitz matrix, Renormalization and Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. In his study, Entropy is strongly linked to Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory, which falls under the umbrella field of Statistical physics. Leo P. Kadanoff interconnects Statistical mechanics, Renormalization group, Universality and Singularity in the investigation of issues within Renormalization.
His Statistical mechanics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Phase transition, Critical exponent and Critical dimension. His study in Singularity is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Breakup, Gravitational singularity, Electric field, Group theory and Scaling. His Mathematical analysis study deals with Imaginary time intersecting with Classical mechanics.
His scientific interests lie mostly in Renormalization, Renormalization group, Theoretical physics, Statistical mechanics and Statistical physics. His Renormalization group research integrates issues from Critical dimension and Ising model. His Ising model research is classified as research in Quantum mechanics.
His study on Theoretical physics also encompasses disciplines like
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Quantum statistical mechanics : Green's function methods in equilibrium and nonequilibrium problems
Leo P Kadanoff;Gordon A Baym.
(2018)
Quantum Statistical Mechanics
Leo P. Kadanoff;Gordon Baym;John D. Trimmer.
(1989)
Fractal measures and their singularities: The characterization of strange sets
Thomas C. Halsey;Mogens H. Jensen;Leo P. Kadanoff;Itamar Procaccia.
Physical Review A (1986)
Fractal measures and their singularities: The characterization of strange sets
Thomas C. Halsey;Itamar Procaccia;Mogens H. Jensen;Leo P. Kadanoff.
Physical Review D (1986)
Renormalization, vortices, and symmetry-breaking perturbations in the two-dimensional planar model
Jorge V. José;Leo P. Kadanoff;Scott Kirkpatrick;Scott Kirkpatrick;David R. Nelson.
Physical Review B (1977)
Quantum Statistical Mechanics
Leo P. Kadanoff;Gordon Baym;Stuart A. Rice.
Physics Today (1963)
Scaling laws for ising models near T c
Leo P. Kadanoff.
Physics (1966)
CONSERVATION LAWS AND CORRELATION FUNCTIONS
Gordon Baym;Leo P. Kadanoff.
Physical Review (1961)
Static Phenomena Near Critical Points: Theory and Experiment
Leo P. Kadanoff;Wolfgang Götze;David Hamblen;Robert Hecht.
Reviews of Modern Physics (1967)
Hydrodynamic equations and correlation functions
Leo P. Kadanoff;Paul C. Martin.
Annals of Physics (1963)
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