Philippe NOZIÈRES: Feenberg Medalist 2001:. Microscopic and Phenomenological Foundations of the Theory of Quantum Many-Body Systems

The Eighth Eugene Feenberg Medal is awarded to Philippe Nozières in recognition of his many pathbreaking contributions to many-body theory, including

• His definitive work on the properties of the free electron gas, in particular in the region of realistic metallic densities,

• his rigorous development of the theory of a normal Fermi liquid, which provided a firm microscopic foundation for the Landau theory,

• his analysis of the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of 3-He solid-liquid mixtures,

• his exact solution to the X-ray edge problem,

• his elegant formulation of the low-temperature solution to the single-channel Kondo problem in the language of Fermi-liquid theory,

• his introduction of the many-channel problem as a new class of quantum impurity systems, and

• his innovative work on the static and dynamic behavior of the liquid-solid interface.