Victor Popov

Victor Popov
Born 27 October 1937
Died April 1994
Nationality Russian
Fields Quantum field theory
Institutions Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Alma mater Leningrad State University
Known for quantization of gauge fields; Faddeev–Popov ghosts

Victor Nikolaevich Popov (Russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Попо́в; 27 October 1937 – April 1994) was a Russian theoretical physicist known for his contribution to the quantization of non-abelian gauge fields. His work with Ludvig Faddeev on that subject introduced the fundamental objects now known as Faddeev–Popov ghosts.

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