Joaquin Mazdak Luttinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joaquin Mazdak Luttinger

American physicist

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1923

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1997

Profession: physicist, university teacher, theoretical physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Joaquin (Quin) Mazdak Luttinger (December 2, 1923 – April 6, 1997) was an American physicist well known for his contributions to the theory of interacting electrons in one-dimensional metals (the electrons in these metals are said to be in a Luttinger-liquid state) and the Fermi-liquid theory.
His brother was the physical chemist Lionel Luttinger (1920–2009) and his nephew is the mathematician Karl Murad Luttinger (born 1961).