Balázs Győrffy

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1938 – 2012

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Who was Balázs Győrffy?

Balázs László Győrffy was a Hungarian-American-British physicist. He was one of the pioneers of the application of the Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker coherent potential approximation for first-principle calculations of the electronic structure of alloys. He is also known for his contributions to the theory of superconductivity in transition metals - in particular, the Gaspari-Gyorffy method for obtaining the strength of electron-phonon coupling in such systems. He was born in Eger in 1938.

Győrffy received a B.S. and Ph.D. from Yale University, where he studied under Nobel prize winner Willis Lamb. Since 1970 he was associated with the University of Bristol, where he was a lecturer, reader and professor. He was an Emeritus professor in Physics at that university until his death in 2012. He also held visiting positions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Institut Laue-Langevin, the University of Toronto, and the Technical University of Vienna.

He was elected an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1995, Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 1998, was a co-recipient of the Gordon Bell Prize in 1998, and won the 2001 William Hume-Rothery award. He died in October 2012, aged 74.

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Born
1938
Eger
Also known as
  • Balázs László Győrffy
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Yale University
  • Bachelor of Science
Died
Oct 25, 2012

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on July 23, 2013

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