Yang Chen-Ning
杨振宁
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Yang in 1957
CitizenshipChina
Alma mater
  • National Southwestern Associated University
  • Tsinghua University
  • University of Chicago
Known for
  • Yang–Mills theory
    Gauge theory
    Yang–Mills–Higgs equations
    Standard Model
    Parity violation
    Yang–Baxter equation
    Landau–Yang theorem
    Byers-Yang theorem
    Off-diagonal long-range order
    Wu–Yang dictionary
    Wu–Yang monopole
    Lee–Yang theorem
    Fermi–Yang model
    CP violation
    G-parity
    Yangian
Spouse(s)
Chih-Li Tu (杜致禮)
(m. 1950; died 2003)

Weng Fan (翁帆)
(m. 2004)
Children3
Awards
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1957)
  • Rumford Prize (1980)
  • National Medal of Science (1986)
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal (1993)
  • Albert Einstein Medal (1995)
  • Bogolyubov Prize (1996)
  • Lars Onsager Prize (1999)
Scientific career
Fields
  • Statistical mechanics
  • Particle physics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Field theory
Institutions
  • Stony Brook University
  • Institute for Advanced Study
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Tsinghua University
  • University of Chicago
Doctoral advisorEdward Teller
Other academic advisorsEnrico Fermi
Doctoral studentsBill Sutherland
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese杨振宁
Traditional Chinese楊振寧