Ian Keith Affleck (July 2, 1952 – October 4, 2024) was a Canadian physicist specializing in condensed matter physics.
Ian Affleck was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 2, 1952.
[2] He studied theoretical aspects of condensed matter physics, including high temperature superconductivity, low dimensional magnetism, quantum dots and quantum wires.
[3] Affleck made many important contributions to theoretical and mathematical physics.
In particular, he has applied conformal field theory techniques to low dimensional magnetism, Kondo effects and quantum impurity problems.