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'''Joseph Lykken''' (born June 17, 1957 in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]) is a theoretical physicist at the [[Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory]]. He received his Ph.D. in 1982 from [[M.I.T.]] He works in the Fermilab Theory Department, and is a collaborator of the [[Compact Muon Solenoid]] (CMS) experiment at the [[CERN]] [[Large Hadron Collider]]. <ref>Joseph D. Lykken Theoretical Physics Dept MS106. [http://home.fnal.gov/~lykken/ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory]</ref>
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|field = [[Physics]]
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|thesis_title=Gauge Invariant Formulations of Large N Quantum Chromodynamics
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|known_for = Research advances relating to [[wormholes]], [[extra dimensions]], [[supersymmetry]], the [[Higgs boson]], and [[superstrings]].
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'''Joseph David Lykken''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɪ|k|ən}} {{respell|LIK|ən}}) is an American theoretical physicist at the [[Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory]] and, from July 1, 2014 to Sept 6, 2022, he was the Deputy Director of [[Fermilab]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/archive/archive_2014/today14-07-02.html|title=Fermilab Today}}</ref> He is currently Director of Fermilab's Quantum Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fnal.gov/pub/about/joseph-lykken.html|title=Fermilab &#124; About Fermilab}}</ref>


==Background and education==
In 1996 Lykken proposed "weak scale superstrings," which posited extra dimensions of space within the reach of particle colliders, such as the Fermiab Tevatron,
Lykken was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
and the [[CERN]] [[Large Hadron Collider]]. This, and related ideas will be subject to direct and indirect experimental tests in the coming years.
He is the son of [[David T. Lykken]], noted [[psychologist]], [[Behavioural genetics|behavioral geneticist]], and [[twin]] researcher.


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Lykken received his Ph.D. in 1982 from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|M.I.T.]] He arrived at Fermilab in 1989, where he worked in the Fermilab Theory Division,<ref>{{cite web|title=Fermilab Theory Division|url=https://theory.fnal.gov/|accessdate=13 August 2024}}</ref> and as a collaborator of the [[Compact Muon Solenoid]] (CMS) experiment at the [[CERN]] [[Large Hadron Collider]].<ref>Joseph D. Lykken Theoretical Physics Dept MS106. [http://home.fnal.gov/~lykken/ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory]</ref>

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==Selected Publications==
==Research==
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Lykken's publications are available on the SPIRES HEP Literature Database[http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/hep/].
In 1983 Lykken's paper with Lawrence Hall and [[Steven Weinberg]] helped establish the [[minimal supersymmetric standard model]] as a leading paradigm for physics beyond the [[Standard Model]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Supergravity as the messenger of supersymmetry breaking|date=1983 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.27.2359 |url=https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.27.2359|accessdate=13 August 2024 |last1=Hall |first1=Lawrence |last2=Lykken |first2=Joe |last3=Weinberg |first3=Steven |journal=Physical Review D |volume=27 |issue=10 |pages=2359–2378 |bibcode=1983PhRvD..27.2359H }}</ref>
In 1996 Lykken proposed "weak scale [[superstrings]]," <ref>{{cite journal|title=Weak Scale Superstrings|date=1996 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.54.R3693 |url=https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.54.R3693|accessdate=13 August 2024 |last1=Lykken |first1=Joseph D. |journal=Physical Review D |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=R3693–R3697 |pmid=10021103 |arxiv=hep-th/9603133 |bibcode=1996PhRvD..54.3693L }}</ref> which posited extra dimensions of space within the reach of particle colliders, such as the Fermilab [[Tevatron]], and the [[CERN]] [[Large Hadron Collider]]. As a member of the
CMS collaboration, he was co-author of the [[Higgs boson]]
discovery paper,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269312008581|title=Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC|date=2012 |doi=10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.021 |bibcode=2012PhLB..716...30C |accessdate=13 August 2024 |last1=Chatrchyan |first1=S. |last2=Khachatryan |first2=V. |last3=Sirunyan |first3=A.M. |last4=Tumasyan |first4=A. |last5=Adam |first5=W. |last6=Aguilo |first6=E. |last7=Bergauer |first7=T. |last8=Dragicevic |first8=M. |last9=Erö |first9=J. |last10=Fabjan |first10=C. |last11=Friedl |first11=M. |last12=Frühwirth |first12=R. |last13=Ghete |first13=V.M. |last14=Hammer |first14=J. |last15=Hoch |first15=M. |last16=Hörmann |first16=N. |last17=Hrubec |first17=J. |last18=Jeitler |first18=M. |last19=Kiesenhofer |first19=W. |last20=Knünz |first20=V. |last21=Krammer |first21=M. |last22=Krätschmer |first22=I. |last23=Liko |first23=D. |last24=Majerotto |first24=W. |last25=Mikulec |first25=I. |last26=Pernicka |first26=M. |last27=Rahbaran |first27=B. |last28=Rohringer |first28=C. |last29=Rohringer |first29=H. |last30=Schöfbeck |first30=R. |journal=Physics Letters B |volume=716 |pages=30–61 |display-authors=1 |arxiv=1207.7235 }}</ref> and with Maurizio Pierini, Chris Rogan, and [[Maria Spiropulu]], developed a new set of kinematic variables ("razor") targeting the discovery and characterization of new physics at the LHC.
Since 2018 he has been a member of the Quantum Communications Channels for Fundamental Physics (QCCFP) project, supported by the
QuantISED program of the [[U.S. Dept. of Energy]] Office of High Energy Physics.<ref>{{cite web|title=HEP Quantum Information Science|url=https://science.osti.gov/hep/Research/Quantum-Information-Science-QIS|accessdate=13 August 2024}}</ref> Accomplishments of this project include the first laboratory demonstration of traversable
wormhole teleportation, using a [[Google Sycamore]] [[quantum processor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05424-3|title=Nature article: Traversable wormhole dynamics on a quantum processor|accessdate=13 August 2024}}</ref>

==Professional activities==
Lykken is a former member and subpanel chair of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, which advises the [[United States Department of Energy]] and the [[National Science Foundation]]. He was a Trustee of the Aspen Center for Physics in [[Aspen, Colorado]]. He is a Fellow of the [[American Physical Society]] (APS)<ref>{{cite web|title=APS Fellow Archive|publisher=American Physical Society|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=L}}</ref> and the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/031106/aaas.shtml|author=Steve Koppes|title=Nine on faculty elected 2003 AAAS fellows|work=University of Chicago Chronicle|volume=78|number=4|date=November 6, 2003}}</ref> and is former chair of the APS Division of Particles and Fields.

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==Selected publications==
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Lykken's publications are available on the [[INSPIRE-HEP]] Literature Database [http://inspirehep.net/].

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==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arzr4KWhamU&t=1452s World Science Festival: "Did Einstein Crack the Biggest Problem in Physics...and Not Know It?"]
*[http://home.fnal.gov/~lykken/ Dr. Lykken's website at Fermilab]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2470227/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Joseph Lykken on the Internet Movie Database]
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*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103328.html "...Joe Lykken is a very smart guy..."] Washington Post article 2008-04-11
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOJCS1W1uzg&t=13s Quanta Magazine: "How Physicists Created a Holographic Wormhole in a Quantum Computer"]
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*[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95472352&ft=1&f=1001 Nobel Honors Glimpse Into Universe's Design] "We'd been talking about it for years" says Lykken
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGBQW4z0qW8 Fermilab public lecture: "Wormholes in the laboratory"]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no3qLqUYBLo World Science Festival: "Beyond Higgs: The Wild Frontier of Particle Physics"]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyHp90wAiXI&t=14s SETI Institute: "The Higgs Boson and the Fate of the Universe"]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/science/26essay.html Physics of the Universe Summit]
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*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103328.html "...Joe Lykken is a very smart guy..."] Washington Post article 2008-04-11
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*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95472352&ft=1&f=1001 Nobel Honors Glimpse Into Universe's Design] "We'd been talking about it for years" says Lykken
*[https://inspirehep.net/author/profile/J.D.Lykken.1 Scientific publications of Joseph Lykken] on [[INSPIRE-HEP]]


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Joseph Lykken
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forResearch advances relating to wormholes, extra dimensions, supersymmetry, the Higgs boson, and superstrings.
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsFermilab, University of Chicago
ThesisGauge Invariant Formulations of Large N Quantum Chromodynamics (1982)
Doctoral advisorRoman Jackiw

Joseph David Lykken (/ˈlɪkən/ LIK-ən) is an American theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and, from July 1, 2014 to Sept 6, 2022, he was the Deputy Director of Fermilab.[1] He is currently Director of Fermilab's Quantum Division.[2]

Background and education

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Lykken was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the son of David T. Lykken, noted psychologist, behavioral geneticist, and twin researcher.

Lykken received his Ph.D. in 1982 from M.I.T. He arrived at Fermilab in 1989, where he worked in the Fermilab Theory Division,[3] and as a collaborator of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.[4]

Research

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In 1983 Lykken's paper with Lawrence Hall and Steven Weinberg helped establish the minimal supersymmetric standard model as a leading paradigm for physics beyond the Standard Model.[5] In 1996 Lykken proposed "weak scale superstrings," [6] which posited extra dimensions of space within the reach of particle colliders, such as the Fermilab Tevatron, and the CERN Large Hadron Collider. As a member of the CMS collaboration, he was co-author of the Higgs boson discovery paper,[7] and with Maurizio Pierini, Chris Rogan, and Maria Spiropulu, developed a new set of kinematic variables ("razor") targeting the discovery and characterization of new physics at the LHC. Since 2018 he has been a member of the Quantum Communications Channels for Fundamental Physics (QCCFP) project, supported by the QuantISED program of the U.S. Dept. of Energy Office of High Energy Physics.[8] Accomplishments of this project include the first laboratory demonstration of traversable wormhole teleportation, using a Google Sycamore quantum processor.[9]

Professional activities

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Lykken is a former member and subpanel chair of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, which advises the United States Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. He was a Trustee of the Aspen Center for Physics in Aspen, Colorado. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)[10] and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),[11] and is former chair of the APS Division of Particles and Fields.

Selected publications

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Lykken's publications are available on the INSPIRE-HEP Literature Database [1].

References

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  1. ^ "Fermilab Today".
  2. ^ "Fermilab | About Fermilab".
  3. ^ "Fermilab Theory Division". Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  4. ^ Joseph D. Lykken Theoretical Physics Dept MS106. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  5. ^ Hall, Lawrence; Lykken, Joe; Weinberg, Steven (1983). "Supergravity as the messenger of supersymmetry breaking". Physical Review D. 27 (10): 2359–2378. Bibcode:1983PhRvD..27.2359H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.27.2359. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  6. ^ Lykken, Joseph D. (1996). "Weak Scale Superstrings". Physical Review D. 54 (6): R3693–R3697. arXiv:hep-th/9603133. Bibcode:1996PhRvD..54.3693L. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.54.R3693. PMID 10021103. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  7. ^ Chatrchyan, S.; et al. (2012). "Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC". Physics Letters B. 716: 30–61. arXiv:1207.7235. Bibcode:2012PhLB..716...30C. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.021. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  8. ^ "HEP Quantum Information Science". Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Nature article: Traversable wormhole dynamics on a quantum processor". Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  10. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society.
  11. ^ Steve Koppes (November 6, 2003). "Nine on faculty elected 2003 AAAS fellows". University of Chicago Chronicle. Vol. 78, no. 4.
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