{{Short description|French-Armenian physicist (born 1933)}} {{infobox academic|birth_date=18 January 1933|birth_place=Lyon, France|discipline=physics|main_interests=quantum field theory, quantum thermodynamics, and theory of measurement|notable_works=Balian-Low theorem|work_institutions=École polytechnique}} '''Roger Balian''' (born 18 January 1933) is a French-Armenian physicist who has worked on quantum field theory, quantum thermodynamics, and theory of measurement.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mth.kcl.ac.uk/~streater/balian.html |title = Department of Mathematics | King's College London}}</ref> Balian is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.academie-sciences.fr/en/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-B/roger-balian.html |title= Roger Balian | Liste des membres de l'Académie des sciences / B | Listes par ordre alphabétique | Listes des membres | Membres | Nous connaître}}</ref> His important works include the Balian-Low theorem. He teaches statistical physics at the École polytechnique.<ref>[http://www.physique.polytechnique.edu/accueil/presentation/histoire/les-polytechniciens-en-physique-des-particules-et-en-physique-theorique/les-polytechniciens-en-physique-des-particules-et-en-physique-theorique-6493.kjsp?RH=ACCUEIL-FR Les polytechniciens en physique des particules et en physique théorique], École Polytechnique. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227134021/http://www.physique.polytechnique.edu/accueil/presentation/histoire/les-polytechniciens-en-physique-des-particules-et-en-physique-theorique/les-polytechniciens-en-physique-des-particules-et-en-physique-theorique-6493.kjsp?RH=ACCUEIL-FR |date=2012-02-27 }}</ref>
==Works== * {{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xsQzLxiatyMC&q=Roger+Balian |title= From Microphysics to Macrophysics |translator= Dirk ter Haar |translator2=John F. Gregg |publisher= Springer |year= 2007 |isbn= 978-3-540-45469-4}} *{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FIiqzA9YIxEC&q=Roger+Balian |title= Méthodes en théorie des champs |editor= Roger Balian |editor2= Jean Zinn-Justin | publisher= World Scientific |year= 1981 |isbn= 978-9971-83-078-6}} *A. Aspect, R. Balian, G. Bastard, J.P. Bouchaud, B. Cabane, F. Combes, T. Encrenaz, S. Fauve, A. Fert, M. Fink, A. Georges, J.F. Joanny, D. Kaplan, D. Le Bihan, P. Léna, H. Le Treut, J-P Poirier, J. Prost et J.L. Puget, ''Demain la physique'', (Odile Jacob, 2009) <small>({{ISBN|9782738123053}})</small>
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