Jacob Bekenstein
for his work on astronomical super-massive objects called 'black holes' that showed they can possess a statistical-thermodynamic property called entropy even though the internal dynamics could not be known. This work created an entire field of black hole dynamics which has become a cornerstone in the important theoretical physics areas of quantum gravity and strings.
Affilié au moment de l'attribution du prix
université hébraïque de Jérusalem
Jerusalem, Israël