Giancarlo Ghirardi

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Giancarlo Ghirardi
Born (1935-10-28) 28 October 1935[1]
Milan
Institutions International School for Advanced Studies,
University of Trieste
Alma mater University of Milan
Known for Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber theory
Quantum mechanics foundations

Giancarlo Ghirardi (born October 28, 1935 in Milan) is an Italian physicist and Emeritus professor of theoretical physics at the University of Trieste.

He is well known for the Ghirardi–Rimini–Weber theory (GRW), which he proposed in 1985 together with Alberto Rimini and Tullio Weber,[2][3] and for his contributions to the foundations of quantum mechanics.

His research interests relate to variety of topics of theoretical physics; focussing since 1983 mainly on the foundations of quantum mechanics.[4]

Ghirardi is member of the editorial board of Foundations of Physics[5] and formerly of Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Science. He is president of the Italian Society for the Foundations of Physics, of which he is one of the founding members.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Prof. GianCarlo Ghirardi, Group of Quantum Mechanics in Trieste
  2. ↑ Ghirardi, G.C., Rimini, A., and Weber, T. (1985). "A Model for a Unified Quantum Description of Macroscopic and Microscopic Systems". Quantum Probability and Applications, L. Accardi et al. (eds), Springer, Berlin. 
  3. ↑ Ghirardi, G.C., Rimini, A., and Weber, T. (1986). "Unified dynamics for microscopic and macroscopic systems". Physical Review D 34: 470. Bibcode:1986PhRvD..34..470G. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.34.470. 
  4. ↑ Prof. GianCarlo Ghirardi, Group of Quantum Mechanics in Trieste (downloaded 2 January 2013)
  5. ↑ Foundations of Physics, editorial board (downloaded 2 January 2013)
  6. ↑ Giancarlo Ghirardi (in Italian)

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