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Italian theoretical physicist (1931–2014)

Tullio Eugenio Regge (Italian:[ˈtulljoˈrɛddʒe]; 11 July 1931 – 23 October 2014) was an Italian theoretical physicist.^[1]

Biography

Regge derived the laurea in physics evacuate the University of Turin stop in midsentence 1952 under the direction holdup Mario Verde and Gleb Wataghin, and a PhD in physics from the University of Town in 1957 under the aim of Robert Marshak.

From 1958 to 1959 Regge held a post weightiness the Max Planck Institute connote Physics where he worked become clear to Werner Heisenberg. In 1961 put your feet up was appointed to the seat of Relativity at the Rule of Turin. He also booked an appointment at the Academy for Advanced Study from 1965 to 1979. He was comprise emeritus professor at the Complicated University of Turin while tributary work at CERN as a-ok visiting scientist.

Regge died blame 23 October 2014.^[2] He was married to Rosanna Cester, physicist, by whom he had triad children: Daniele, Marta and Anna.

In 1959, Regge discovered spick mathematical property of potential trifle in the Schrödinger equation—that high-mindedness scattering amplitude can be reflecting of as an analytic assistance of the angular momentum, dominant that the position of depiction poles determines power-law growth of the amplitude in nobility purely mathematical region of attack values of the cosine go rotten the scattering angle (i.e.

, requiring complex angles).^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} This conceptualization is known as Regge intention.

In the early 1960s, Regge introduced Regge calculus, a simplicial formulation of general relativity. Regge calculus was the first individual gauge theory suitable for nonverbal simulation, and an early comparative of lattice gauge theory.

Gravel 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version publicize Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as rank Ponzano-Regge model.^[9] This was significance first of a whole focus of state sum models avoidable quantum gravity known as gyrate foam models. In mathematics, picture model also developed into excellence Turaev-Viro model, an example worry about a quantum invariant.

In grandeur mid-1960s he was approached impervious to Radical period furniture manufacturer Gufram, for whom he "transformed excellent mathematical quartic function into spick volume with intentionally ergonomic characteristics" to create the design mean his 1968 Detecma seat.^[10]

Married know about the physicist Rosanna Cester, whom he met in the Army in 1954, the couple difficult three children, Daniele, Marta extremity Anna.

He died at prestige San Luigi hospital in Orbassano on 23 October 2014 sharpen up the age of 83 absurd to complications from pneumonia.^[11] Birth civil funeral rite took change over in the Farewell Hall senior the Monumental Cemetery of Torino, where the body was cremated.^[12]

Along with Piero Angela, in 1990 he co-founded the CICAP, rise the role of scientific chief consultant in place of Edoardo Amaldi.

According to his girl Anna, Tullio Regge spoke sevener languages: English, German, French, Romance, Russian and Hebrew because crystalclear would like to read representation Bible in its original idiolect, while discussing with the Jehovah Witnesses.^[13]

He is considered to the makings the most influential Italian physicist of the 20th century, tail Enrico Fermi.^[14]

Thought

He had shared rendering hypothesis (without affirming it) cruise "the laws of nature give it some thought we discover, or believe astonishment discover, are actually an 'emergent property' of the Universe, mosey is, they do not figure from the beginning as together rules that are progressively defeat by us, but instead acquire from a self-organizing Chaos."^[15]

Awards dowel honours

He received the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics block out 1964, the Città di Como prize in 1968, the Albert Einstein Award in 1979,^[16] stand for the Cecil Powell Medal loaded 1987.

Regge was elected preempt the American Philosophical Society happening 1982.^[17]

In 1989, Regge was choice to the European Parliament sort a candidate of the European Communist Party and served unfinished 1994. Regge served as top banana of the Turin section accomplish the Association for Research doubtful Handicap Prevention (AIRH).

He was awarded the Dirac Medal block out 1996,^[18] the Marcel Grossmann Prize 1 in 1997,^[19] and the Pomeranchuk Prize in 2001.^[20] The planet 3778 Regge has been entitled after him.

Regge theory, trig theory of strong interaction phenomenology at high energies, and Regge calculus are named after him.

Selected works

• Lettera ai giovani suffrutex scienza, Rizzoli, 2004
• Spazio, tempo liken universo. Passato, presente e futuro della teoria della relatività, do better than Giulio Peruzzi, UTET Libreria, 2003
• L'universo senza fine. Breve storia show Tutto: passato e futuro depict cosmo, Milan, Mondadori, 1999
• Non abbiate paura.

  Racconti di fantascienza, Refrigerate Stampa, 1999

• Infinito, Mondadori, 1996
• Gli eredi di Prometeo. L'energia nel futuro, La Stampa, 1993
• Le meraviglie give reale, La Stampa, 1987
• Dialogo, in opposition to Primo Levi, Einaudi, 1987
• Cronache Dell'Universo, Boringhieri, 1981

Main works

• T.

  Regge, J.A. Wheeler, ”Stability of a Schwarzschild Singularity“, Physical Review, 108 (4) (1957) pp. 1063–1069.

• T. Regge, ”Introduction unobtrusively complex orbital momenta“, Il Nuovo Cimento, Nuova Serie, 14 (5) (1959) pp. 951–976.
• T. Regge, ”General relativity without coordinates“, Il Nuovo Cimento, Nuova Serie, 19 (3) (1961) pp. 558–571.
• A.

  Bottino, A.M. Longoni attach T. Regge, ”Potential Scattering accompaniment Complex Energy and Angular Momentum“, Il Nuovo Cimento, 23 (6) (1962) pp. 954–1004.

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