Torbjörn Sjöstrand

Torbjörn Sjöstrand (born 13 November 1954) is a Swedish theoretical physicist and a professor at Lund University in Sweden, where he also got his PhD in 1982. He is one of the main authors of PYTHIA, a program for generation of high-energy physics events. In 2012, he was awarded the Sakurai Prize by the American Physical Society.

Torbjörn Sjöstrand
Born (1954-11-13) 13 November 1954
EducationLund University
AwardsSakurai Prize (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
Theoretical physics
InstitutionsLund University
ThesisPhenomenological Studies On Jet Fragmentation (1982)
Websitehttp://home.thep.lu.se/~torbjorn/

Honours

In 2012, he was awarded the J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics by the American Physical Society. The citation reads:[1]

For key ideas leading to the detailed confirmation of the Standard Model of particle physics, enabling high energy experiments to extract precise information about Quantum Chromodynamics, electroweak interactions and possible new physics.

References
  1. "2012 J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics Recipient". Prizes, Awards and Fellowships. American Physical Society. Retrieved 25 July 2015.


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