Victor Popov

Victor Popov
Born	27 October 1937
Died	April 1994
Nationality	Russian
Fields	Quantum field theory
Institutions	Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Alma mater	Leningrad State University
Known for	quantization of gauge fields; Faddeev–Popov ghosts

Victor Nikolaevich Popov (Russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Попо́в; 27 October 1937 – April 1994) was a Russian theoretical physicist known for his contribution to the quantization of non-abelian gauge fields. His work with Ludvig Faddeev on that subject introduced the fundamental objects now known as Faddeev–Popov ghosts.

Selected works

• Konopleva N. P., Popov V. N. (1982): Gauge Fields. Gordon & Breach Publishing Group. ISBN 3-7186-0045-5. (Originally published in Russian in 1972)

References

• L. Faddeev, How I came to work with Victor Popov, Journal of Mathematical Sciences 88 (2), 111—113 (1998).
• N. P. Konopleva, To the memory of V. N. Popov, Journal of Mathematical Sciences 88 (2), 114—115 (1998).