{"id":112,"date":"2016-05-04T12:22:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T09:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2020-06-22T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T07:26:07","slug":"wigner-medal-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wigner-medal-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wigner medal 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Wigner Medal is an award designed \u201cto recognize outstanding contributions to the understanding of physics through Group Theory\u201d. It is administered by The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation, a publicly supported organization. The Wigner Medal is unique because it is a truly international award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wigner medal 2014 was awarded to Joshua Zak for his discovery of the magnetic translation group and the phase and transform that bear his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>see more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avron, J., Bohm, A., Schulman, L. S. <a href=\"http:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/The-Wigner-Medal-2014.pdf\">The-Wigner-Medal-2014<\/a>, Journal of Physics: Conference Series,&nbsp; 597(1), 011004 (2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article from Teva Hadvarim (in Hebrew): <a href=\"http:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/zak-phase-teva-hadvarim.pdf\">\u05dc\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 25 \u05e9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd<\/a>, \u05d8\u05d1\u05e2 \u05d4\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd 218, 9 (2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9327.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9327-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Arno Bohm presenting the Medal to Professor Joshua Zak\" data-id=\"118\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9327.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/group30-9327\/\" class=\"wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9327-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9327-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9327-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Arno Bohm presenting the medal to Professor Joshua Zak<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9340.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9340-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"the 2014 wigner medal\" data-id=\"119\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9340.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/group30-9340\/\" class=\"wp-image-119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9340-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9340-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9340-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9340.jpg 2001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">the 2014 Wigner medal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9452-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Joshua Zak at the reception, together with friends and relatives\" data-id=\"120\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9452.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/group30-9452\/\" class=\"wp-image-120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9452-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9452-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/Group30-9452-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Professor Joshua Zak at the reception, together with friends and relatives<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos by Nic Vermeulen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wigner Medal is an award designed \u201cto recognize outstanding contributions to the understanding of physics through Group Theory\u201d. It is administered by The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation, a publicly supported organization. The Wigner Medal is unique because it is a truly international award. The Wigner medal 2014 was awarded to Joshua Zak &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-112","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Wigner medal 2014 - Prof. Joshua Zak<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wigner-medal-2014\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/phsites.technion.ac.il\\\/zak\\\/wigner-medal-2014\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/phsites.technion.ac.il\\\/zak\\\/wigner-medal-2014\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Wigner medal 2014 - 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