Willy Fischler (born 1949 in Antwerp, Belgium) is a theoretical physicist.[1] He is the Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is affiliated with the Weinberg theory group. He is also a certified Flight Paramedic (FP-C) and was a Licensed Paramedic with Marble Falls Area EMS and a volunteer EMT with the Westlake Fire Department.
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| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Antwerp, Belgium |
| Nationality | dual American Belgian |
| Alma mater | Universite Libre de Bruxelles (License and Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Invisible axion, see Axion. M(atrix) theory. Gauge mediation, see Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | University of Texas at Austin University of Pennsylvania Los Alamos National Laboratory CERN |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Brout |
| Doctoral students | David Berenstein Xenia de la Ossa |
His contributions to physics include:
- Early computation of the force between heavy quarks.
- The DFSZ (Dine–Fischler–Srednicki–Zhitnisky) model, as a solution to the strong CP problem.
- The cosmological effects of the invisible axion (with Michael Dine) and its role as a candidate for dark matter.
- Pioneering work (with Michael Dine and Mark Srednicki) on the use of supersymmetry to solve outstanding problems in the standard model of particle physics.
- The first formulation of what became known as the "moduli problem in cosmology" (with G.D. Coughlan, Edward Kolb, Stuart Raby and Graham Ross).
- The Fischler–Susskind mechanism in string theory (with Leonard Susskind).
- The original formulation of the holographic entropy bound in the context of cosmology (with Leonard Susskind).
- The discovery of M(atrix) theory, or BFSS Matrix Theory. M(atrix) theory is an example of a gauge/gravity duality (with Tom Banks, Steve Shenker and Leonard Susskind).
- Black Hole production in colliders (with Tom Banks).
