{{Short description|Pakistani emeritus professor of theoretical physics (born 1930)}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=July 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Fayyazuddin | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1930|11|10}} | birth_place = Ludhiana, Punjab Province, British India | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = Pakistan | ethnicity = | fields = Theoretical Physics | workplaces = National Center for Physics (NCP)<br/> Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU)<br/> Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)<br/> King Abdul Aziz University (KAAU)<br/>Ummal Qura University (UQU)<br/>King Saud University (KSU)<br/> European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)<br/>Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL)<br/>Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies (EFINC)<br/>University of Chicago (UC) | alma_mater = University of Punjab<br/>Imperial College, London | doctoral_advisor = Abdus Salam | academic_advisors = Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Research in Gauge Theories, Chiral symmetry, Heavy Quark Spin Symmetry, Phenomenology of Particle Interactions | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | awards = Hilal-i-Imtiaz | footnotes = Brother of the theoretical physicist Riazuddin and father of the theoretical physicist Ansar Fayyazuddin (physicist). }} '''Fayyazuddin'''{{efn|Punjabi/{{langx|ur|فياض الدين}}}} (born 10 November 1930) is a Pakistani theoretical physicist and emeritus professor, specialising in theoretical physics and mathematical physics at the National Centre for Physics of Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad.<ref name=NCP/><ref name=ICTP>{{Cite web | last = ICTP | first =International Centre for Theoretical Physics | author-link =International Centre for Theoretical Physics | title =News From Associates (scroll down to read this title) | work =ICTP News Press | publisher =Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics | date =1999 | url =https://portal.ictp.it/pio/words/newsletter/backissues/News_94/dateline.html#anchor386602 | access-date =9 August 2020 }}</ref> He conducts research in the fields of quantum mechanics, particle physics, and meson physics. Fayyazuddin has published numerous papers alongside Riazuddin, including a renowned one on Quantum Mechanics.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7254371 A modern introduction to particle physics/ Fayyazuddin, Riazuddin] National Library Of Australia (TROVE) website</ref><ref>{{Cite book | author1 =Fayyazuddin | author2 = Riazuddin | author-link2 =Riazuddin (physicist) | title = Quantum mechanics | publisher = World Scientific | date = 2000 | location = Singapore and Islamabad | pages = 1–467 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ot7jq4dTjBEC&q=fayyazuddin | isbn =9971-5-0752-8<!-- Correct hyphenation shown. Hyphenation on the copyright page of the book is incorrect. -->}} </ref>
==Biography== Fayyazuddin is the twin brother of physicist Riazuddin, and a student of Abdus Salam.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/12/12/salaam-pakistan/ |title=Salaam Pakistan |newspaper=Pakistan Today (newspaper)|author=Abbas Hasan |date=12 December 2016|access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref>
===Education=== He and his twin brother Riazuddin were born on 10 November 1930 into a Punjabi family in Ludhiana where they received their intermediate education. Following the partition of India, the family migrated to Lahore, Pakistan. The two attended Punjab University.<ref name=PAS>{{Cite web |last = PAS |first = Pakistan Academy of Sciences |author-link = Pakistan Academy of Sciences |title = Fellows of the Academy (Profile of Fayyazuddin) |date = 20 October 2006 |url = http://www.paspk.org/fellow3.htm |access-date =8 August 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120828172848/http://www.paspk.org/fellow3.htm |archive-date = 28 August 2012 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref> Fayyazuddin completed his Bachelor of Arts with honors in mathematics from Punjab University and subsequently earned Master of Science in mathematical physics under the fellowship of Abdus Salam in 1953.<ref name=NCP/> His master's degree dissertation ''Methods of Mathematical Physics'' was co-written by Riazuddin. In 1953, he became a Master of Philosophy in particle physics with the academic thesis ''Energy Loss of Mesons in Crystals'' under the fellowship of Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry from the same university.<ref name=NCP/>
After teaching mathematics and physics at Karachi University, Fayyaz traveled to the United Kingdom in 1959. He attended Imperial College London where Abdus Salam and Riazuddin were serving as his teachers. He was awarded a PhD in theoretical particle physics under the fellowship of Abdus Salam in 1962.<ref name=NCP/><ref>{{Cite web | title =Fiazudin | work =Mathematics Genealogy Project | url =https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=78651 | format =(html) }}</ref> Fayyaz's dissertation was written on the "Preliminary Analysis of Photoproduction of K Mesons in the Mandelstam Representation".<ref>{{Cite journal | title =Preliminary Analysis of Photoproduction of K Mesons in the Mandelstam Representation | journal =Physical Review | volume =123 | issue =5 | page =1882 | doi = 10.1103/PhysRev.123.1882 |bibcode = 1961PhRv..123.1882F | year =1961 | last1 =Fayyazuddin }}</ref> Fayyaz then returned to Pakistan and served at the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).<ref>{{Cite book | last =Rehman | first = Shahid-Ur- | title =Long Road to Chagai: Early Days of PAEC | publisher =Print Wise Publications | date =1999 | pages =5 }} </ref>
==Academic career== Fayyazuddin joined Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in 1962 where he worked under the guidance of professor Abdus Salam<ref name=ICTP/> and continued his research on the cosmic ray mu-mesons. He undertook postdoctoral research at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago from 1966 to 1968.<ref name=NCP/> At the institute, Fayyaz, Faheem Hussain, Riazuddin, and Peter Rotteli, formed "The Relativity Group", a team of young research scientists in special relativity. In 1968, when the Institute of Physics was established at the University of Islamabad (now Quaid-i-Azam University), the scientists eagerly returned to Pakistan. Fayyazuddin, Hussain, Arif-uz-Zaman, and Sarwar Razmi, joined the Institute of Physics.<ref name=NCP>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncp.edu.pk/pe-fayyazuddin.php |title=Profile of Fayyazuddin |website=National Centre For Physics (NCP) website |date=12 January 2003 |access-date=9 August 2020 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all |archive-date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223015205/http://www.ncp.edu.pk/pe-fayyazuddin.php }}</ref> The institute become an active center for theoretical particle physics research due to their distinguished contribution, and its presence was recognized internationally.<ref name=NCP/>
In 1970, he went to Great Britain, where he attended Rutherford Appleton Laboratories as an associate research scientist. In 1972, he returned to the Institute of Physics of Quaid-e-Azam University. He joined the Theoretical Physics Group under his brother's guidance and participated in Fast neutron calculations – a key calculation to develop the weapons.<ref>{{Citation | first = Shahidur | last =Rahman | title =The Theoretical Physics Group: A Cue from Manhattan Project | place =Islamabad | publisher =Printwise publications | date = 1999 | pages =78–80 }}</ref> In 1973, Fayyaz traveled to Geneva, Switzerland where he became a visiting scientist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). In 1977, he returned to Quaid-i-Azam University as a physics professor and subsequently became the dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. In 1980, he went to Saudi Arabia where he became a regular professor of physics at the King Saud University in Riyadh and a regular professor of physics at the Ummal Qura University in Mecca till 1996. After teaching in Saudi Arabia, he returned to Quaid-i-Azam University in 2005.<ref name=ICTP/> In 2007, Fayyazuddin joined Pakistan's National Center for Physics as a senior scientist. In 2008, he was awarded ''HEC Distinguished Professor'' award by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.<ref name=ICTP/> In 2000, the President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, conferred on him Pakistan's second-highest civilian award Hilal-i-Imtiaz for his contributions to the field of research in physics and science.<ref name=ICTP/>
==Awards and honors == * Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) Award by the Government of Pakistan - (2000)<ref name=PAS/><ref name=ICTP/> * HEC Distinguished Professor Award - (2007) * Khawarzmi International Award in Physics - (2003)<ref name=PAS/><ref name=ICTP/> * Gold Medal - Pakistan Academy of Sciences (1979)<ref name=PAS/><ref name=ICTP/> * D. Dwyer Bhawani Dass Gold Medal, Government College University - (1951)<ref name=PAS/><ref name=ICTP/>
==Fellowships and memberships== *A fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)<ref name=PAS/><ref name=ICTP/> *A research member, National Center for Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (1999)<ref name=PAS/> *An Associate Member at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1966–1969, 1972–1980, 1983–1993)<ref name=PAS/> *An honorary Member of American Physical Society (1977)<ref name=PAS/><ref name=ICTP/> *A Life Member of Pakistan Physical Society (1999)<ref name=PAS/> *A Member, Syndicate, Quaid-i-Azam University (1975–1977)<ref name=PAS/>
==Works==
===Research papers=== *Development of Science and its Impact on Society *First LHC School, National Center for Physics (2009) *The Kawarabayashi-Suzuki-Riazuddin-Fayyazuddin relation and strong mesonic couplings in the cloudy bag model. *{{cite journal|title=Current algebra, spectral function sum rules and the f − (0) / ƒ+(0) ratio in Kℓ3 decay |journal=Nuclear Physics B |volume=6 |issue=5 |date=1 August 1968 |pages=515–522 |author1=Riazuddin, A.Q. |author2=Sarker, Fayyazuddin |doi=10.1016/0550-3213(68)90297-6 |bibcode = 1968NuPhB...6..515R }} *{{cite journal|title=The ΔI = 1/2 rule in non-leptonic weak decays |journal=Nuclear Physics B |volume=76 |issue=1 |date=4 July 1974 |pages=125–136 |author=Fayyazuddin, Riazuddin |doi=10.1016/0550-3213(74)90142-4|bibcode = 1974NuPhB..76..125F |url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/873630/files/CM-P00060272.pdf }} *Radioactive D* decay using vector meson dominance by Riazuddin and Fayyazuddin
===Conference papers=== *Current Algebra and Its Consequences by Fayyazuddin. Papers presented in Center for Advanced Mathematics and Physics (CAMP), National University of Sciences and Technology
===Books=== *Quantum Mechanics by Fayyazuddin and Riazuddin, World Scientific, Singapore, (1990)<ref name=ICTP/> *A Modern Introduction to Particle Physics, 2nd edition, World Scientific, Singapore, (2000)<ref name=ICTP/> *Selected Papers of Abdus Salam, with Commentary by A. Ali, Abdus Salam, Fayyazuddin, Riazuddin
==See also== *Riazuddin *Abdus Salam
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100108085412/http://www.ncp.edu.pk/fslp.htm Research Papers of Fayyazuddin] * {{INSPIRE-HEP author}}
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