Prof. E. C. G. Sudarshan is no more

[Wrichik Basu]

Professor Sudarshan was an Indian theoretical physicist and a professor at the University of Texas. He has been credited with numerous contributions to the field of theoretical Physics including Optical coherence, Sudarshan-Glauber representation, V-A theory, Tachyons, Quantum Zeno effect, Open quantum system, Spin-statistics theorem, non-invariance groups, positive maps of density matrices, quantum computation among others.

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize nine times, but each time, his name was turned down.

He passed away on May 14, 2018 (IST), leaving behind a legacy of milestones in Physics.

May his soul rest in peace.

 

[robphy]

awarded the Dirac Medal (2010) - in four parts

 

[Wrichik Basu]

A list of his books:

• Advanced Concepts in Quantum Mechanics
  [*]From Classical to Quantum Mechanics
  [*]100 Years of Planck's Quantum
  [*]Pauli and the Spin-statistics theorem
  [*]Classical dynamics - a modern perspective
  [*]Fundamentals of Quantum Optics