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Jogesh Pati

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Jogesh Pati
Born1937 (age 86–87)
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland

Jogesh C. Pati (born 1937) is an Indian-American theoretical physicist at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Biography

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Jogesh Pati started his schooling at Guru Training School, Baripada and then admitted to M.K.C High School where he passed the Matriculation. He was admitted in MPC College and passed I Sc.

Pati earned B.Sc. from Ravenshaw College, Utkal University in 1955; M.Sc. from Delhi University in 1957; and Ph.D. from University of Maryland, College Park in 1961.[1]

He is a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland in the Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics and physics department, which are part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.[2]

Pati has made pioneering contributions to the notion of a unification of elementary particles – quarks and leptons – and of their gauge forces force: weak, electromagnetic, and strong. His formulation, carried out in collaboration with Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam, of the original gauge theory of quark–lepton unification, and their resulting insight that violations of baryon and lepton numbers, especially those that would manifest in proton decay, are likely consequences of such a unification, provide cornerstones of modern particle physics today. The suggestions of Pati and Salam (the Pati–Salam model) of the symmetry of SU(4)–color, left–right symmetry, and of the associated existence of right-handed neutrinos, now provide some of the crucial ingredients for understanding the observed masses of the neutrinos and their oscillations.

Recognition

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Pati was awarded the Dirac Medal for his seminal contributions to a "Quest for Unification" in the year 2000 along with Howard Georgi and Helen Quinn.[3][4][5] In 2013, Pati was conferred the honor of Padma Bhushan, the 3rd highest civilian award from the Govt. of India.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Biographical sketch: Jogesh Chandra Pati" (PDF). Stanford University. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Faculty/Staff Directory Search". University of Maryland. Archived from the original on 7 September 2005. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Dirac Medallists 2000 — ICTP Portal". prizes.ictp.it. 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012. Jogesh Pati, University of Maryland, and Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre, USA
  4. ^ "Michael E. Peskin". slac.stanford.edu. 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2012. received the Dirac Medal for the year 2000 (with Howard Georgi and Helen Quinn).
  5. ^ "Dirac medal goes to particle theorists — physicsworld.com". physicsworld.com. 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012. The 2000 Dirac Medal has been awarded to Howard Georgi of Harvard University, Jogesh Pati of the University of Maryland,
  6. ^ "MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS - Indian Government" (PDF). Indian Government (Ministry of Home Affairs). 14 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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