C. R. Hagen

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Carl Richard Hagen
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Born (1937-02-02) February 2, 1937 (age 76)
Chicago, Illinois
Residence Pittsford, NY
Fields Particle physics
Institutions University of Rochester
Imperial College London
Alma mater MIT (BS, MS, PhD)
Luther North High School - Chicago
Doctoral advisor Kenneth A. Johnson, MIT
Known for Quantum field theory, Standard Model, Symmetry breaking, Higgs Boson, Higgs mechanism, Galilean relativity, Special relativity, Chern-Simons, Aharonov-Bohm effect, Casimir effect
Notable awards Sakurai Prize (2010), APS Fellow

Carl Richard Hagen (born 2 February 1937) is a professor of particle physics at the University of Rochester. He is most noted for his contributions to the Standard Model and Symmetry breaking as well as the co-discovery of the Higgs mechanism and Higgs boson with Gerald Guralnik and Tom Kibble.[1][2][3][4] As part of Physical Review Letters 50th anniversary celebration, the journal recognized this discovery as one of the milestone papers in PRL history.[5]

In 2010, Dr. Hagen was awarded The American Physical Society's J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics for the "elucidation of the properties of spontaneous symmetry breaking in four-dimensional relativistic gauge theory and of the mechanism for the consistent generation of vector boson masses".[6][7][8][9][10]

Professor Hagen's research interests are in the field of Theoretical High Energy Physics, primarily in the area of quantum field theory. This includes the formulation and quantization of higher spin field theories within the context of Galilean relativity as well as that of Special relativity. Work in recent years has been concerned with such topics as the soluble two dimensional theories, Chern-Simons field theory, the Aharonov-Bohm effect, and the Casimir effect.

Hagen received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[11] At MIT, his doctoral thesis topic was in quantum electrodynamics. He has been a professor of physics at the University of Rochester since 1963. Professor Hagen won the Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester twice (in 1996 and 1999). Hagen is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was named Outstanding Referee by APS in 2008.[12][13] Valparaiso University awarded Hagen the degree Honorary Doctor of Science in 2012 for his significant contributions to particle physics and the theory of mass generation.[14][15]

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  1. ^ Guralnik, G.; Hagen, C.; Kibble, T. (1964). "Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles". Physical Review Letters 13 (20): 585–587. Bibcode:1964PhRvL..13..585G. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.13.585. 
  2. ^ Guralnik, G.; Hagen, C.; Kibble, T. (1964). "Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles". Physical Review Letters 13 (20): 585–587
  3. ^ Guralnik, Gerald S. (2009). "The History of the Guralnik, Hagen and Kibble development of the Theory of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Gauge Particles". International Journal of Modern Physics A24 (14): 2601–2627. arXiv:0907.3466. Bibcode:2009IJMPA..24.2601G. doi:10.1142/S0217751X09045431. 
  4. ^ Guralnik, G S; Hagen, C R and Kibble, T W B (1967). Broken Symmetries and the Goldstone Theorem. Advances in Physics, vol. 2
  5. ^ Physical Review Letters - 50th Anniversary Milestone Papers
  6. ^ University of Rochester Physics - C.R. Hagen Wins 2010 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
  7. ^ University of Rochester 2010 Sakurai Prize Press Release
  8. ^ American Physical Society - J. J. Sakurai Prize Winners
  9. ^ C. Richard Hagen - 2010 J. J. Sakurai Prize Winner
  10. ^ 2010 Sakurai Prize Videos
  11. ^ MIT Technology Review - Hagen and Guralnik’s award-winning physics work began during undergraduate days, Spring 2010
  12. ^ American Physical Society Fellows
  13. ^ American Physical Society Outstanding Referees
  14. ^ Valparaiso University 2012 Honorary Degree Press Release
  15. ^ Valparaiso University 2012 Commencement (video)

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