Peter West (physicist)
Peter Christopher West FRS, born on 4 December 1951, is a British theoretical physicist at King's College, London and a fellow of the Royal Society.
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| Born | 4 December 1951 Bromley, Kent |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Liverpool College |
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| Awards | Chalmers 150th Anniversary Professor at the Chalmers Institute of Technology (1992) Fellow of the Royal Society (2006) |
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| Institutions | King's College London |
| Thesis | Studies in Supersymmetry (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Abdus Salam |
West was elected to the Royal Society in 2006; his citation read
Professor West is distinguished for the development of the theory of supersymmetry and its application to the construction of unified theories of all the fundamental particle interactions. His results have become cornerstones of the modern theory of superstrings and associated branes to which he continues to contribute actively.
West has constructed supergravity theories in ten dimensions. These theories combine supersymmetry with general relativity, and they encode many of the properties of strings and branes.
West created a research group working on supersymmetry and strings in the Mathematics Department at King's College London.