Joseph Lykken
Appearance
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. [1]
In 1996 Lykken proposed "weak scale superstrings," which posited extra dimensions of space within the reach of particle colliders, such as the Fermiab Tevatron, and the CERN Large Hadron Collider. This, and related ideas will be subject to direct and indirect experimental tests in the coming years.
Selected Publications
Lykken's publications are available on the SPIRES HEP Literature Database[1].
External links
- Dr. Lykken's website at Fermilab
- "...Joe Lykken is a very smart guy..." Washington Post article 2008-04-11
- Nobel Honors Glimpse Into Universe's Design "We'd been talking about it for years" says Lykken
References
- ^ Joseph D. Lykken Theoretical Physics Dept MS106. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory