Professor
Gerald Dennis Mahan
(
–
)
1937
2021
Pennsylvania State University
;
University Park, PA
Physicist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Physics
Elected
2005
Mahan predicted new phenomena in condensed matter physics, specifically Mahan's x-ray singularity in metals, Mahan's excitations, and Mahan's cones. His textbook on many-body theory is widely used. His later interests were thermoelectrics, nanoscale thermal transport, and the tunneling of heat.
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