Keijo Olavi Kajantie | |
Field: | Physics |
Alma Mater: | University of Helsinki |
Work Institution: | Helsinki Institute of Physics University of Helsinki CERN |
Known For: | Electroweak interaction Strong interaction High-energy nuclear physics |
Doctoral Advisor: | Gunnar Källén |
Prizes: | Finnish Academy of Science Award (2008) Order of the Lion of Finland (2012) |
Keijo Olavi Kajantie (born 1940) is a Finnish theoretical physicist and Professor and Adjoint Scientist at the Helsinki Institute of Physics.[1] He was Professor of Physics at the University of Helsinki from 1973 to 2008.[2] From 1985 to 1990 he was a Research Professor of the Academy of Finland[3] and he has worked in the CERN Theory Division.[4] He is best known for his contributions to the study of the electroweak and strong interactions at high temperatures, as well as to the field of ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions.[5] His research interests include ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions, finite temperature field theory, string theory and QCD matter, cosmological phase transitions and null infinity in general relativity.[4]
Kajantie was awarded the Finnish Academy of Science Award in 2008[6] and the Order of the Lion of Finland in 2012.[7]