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and related probabilistic problems. This helped inspire the work of mathematicians which was recognised by the award of the
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in both pure and disordered equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems. In the 1980s he helped develop the theory of
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Centre for Theoretical Physics. He was a Visiting Professor and then a Research Physicist (2015–2023) at the
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John L. Cardy (21 February 1992). "Critical Percolation in Finite Geometries".
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Conformal Invariance in Percolation, Self-Avoiding Walks and Related Problems
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In the 1990s he used conformal invariance to derive many exact results in
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and its applications to these problems, ideas which also had an impact in
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This article about a physicist of the United Kingdom is a
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He was an undergraduate and postgraduate student (now an
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in 2010. More recently he has worked on questions of
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Non equilibrium statistical mechanics and turbulence
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He is best known for his work in theoretical 1106:Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars 640:Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 430:Conformal Invariance and Statistical Mechanics 1050: 720: 391:for black hole entropy, the Cardy formula in 8: 374:International Centre for Theoretical Physics 1057: 1043: 727: 713: 705: 503:"Directory of Fellows and Foreign Members" 492:Guggenheim Foundation: Annual Report 1985. 383:He is most known for his contributions to 31: 652: 378:Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 121:Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 432:. in Les Houches Lectures, vol. 49, 1988 485: 226:University of California, Santa Barbara 156:University of California, Santa Barbara 211:two-dimensional conformal field theory 27:British–American theoretical physicist 1101:Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge 7: 1096:Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford 1091:Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge 1015: 1013: 271:. After this, he applied methods of 205:, and in particular for research on 183:(born 19 March 1947, England) is a 1029:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 413:. Cambridge University Press, 1996 263:His research prior to 1978 was in 258:University of California, Berkeley 164:University of California, Berkeley 25: 1017: 397:boundary conformal field theory 1081:British theoretical physicists 395:, and the Cardy conditions in 352:(UK) in 2000, was awarded the 1: 908:Christopher Roland Somerville 1111:Fellows of the Royal Society 267:, in particular high energy 232:, where until 2014 he was a 549:. American Physical Society 456:, Les Houches Lectures 2008 342:Fellow of the Royal Society 1137: 1012: 671:10.1088/0305-4470/25/4/009 461:Cardy, Pasquale Calabrese 222:Downing College, Cambridge 571:. University of Melbourne 169: 160:All Souls College, Oxford 130: 199:condensed matter physics 1121:British physicist stubs 989:Hendrik C. van de Hulst 828:David Stewart Jenkinson 591:"Dirac Medallists 2011" 224:, before moving to the 115:Dirac Medal of the ICTP 938:Martin Paterson Vessey 684:arXiv:hep-th/9111026v1 527:. Institute of Physics 465:, J. Phys. A, 42, 2009 385:conformal field theory 344:in 1991, received the 97:Dirac Medal of the IOP 82:Conformal field theory 848:Malcolm Douglas Lilly 700:John Cardy's homepage 420:, Gregory Falkovich: 399:are named after him. 277:renormalization group 203:statistical mechanics 979:Michael Stuart Brown 838:Philip Johnson-Laird 783:Robert Wolfgang Cahn 350:Institute of Physics 340:He was elected as a 320:quantum entanglement 289:conformal invariance 273:quantum field theory 230:University of Oxford 72:Cambridge University 1086:American physicists 984:Joseph L. Goldstein 883:Kenneth John Packer 873:John Norman Murrell 833:Brian F. G. 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John Lawrence Cardy
Cambridge University
Conformal field theory
Dirac Medal of the IOP
Lars Onsager Prize
Boltzmann Medal
Dirac Medal of the ICTP
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Theoretical Physics
CERN
University of California, Santa Barbara
All Souls College, Oxford
University of California, Berkeley
FRS
British
American
theoretical
physicist
condensed matter physics
statistical mechanics
critical phenomena
two-dimensional conformal field theory
Honorary Fellow
Downing College, Cambridge
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Oxford
Fellow
All Souls College
Emeritus
Professor

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