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Joshua Zak (Hebrew: יהושע זק; 26 September 1929 – 14 March 2024) was an Israeli theoretical physicist and writer known for the Zak transform, Zak phase and the Magnetic Translation Group. He received the 2022 Israel Prize and 2014 Wigner medal.




Most cited publications


Zak J. Berry's phase for energy bands in solids. Physical Review Letters. 1989 Jun 5;62(23):2747. [1] Archived 2 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
J. Zak. Magnetic translation group. Physical Review. 1964 Jun 15;134(6A):A1602.
Zak J, Moog ER, Liu C, Bader SD. A universal approach to magneto-optics. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 1990 Sep 1;89(1–2):107–23 [2]
Zak J, Moog ER, Liu C, Bader SD. Magneto-optics of multilayers with arbitrary magnetization directions. Physical Review B. 1991 Mar 15;43(8):6423.
Zak J. Finite translations in solid-state physics. Physical Review Letters. 1967 Dec 11;19(24):1385.




Honors and awards


Wigner Medal (2014)
Israel Prize, for his achievements in physics (2022)
The Brown–Zak fermion and the Zak transform are named after him.




References






External links


Profile at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology website

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