John R. Klauder is a retired professor of physics and mathematics, and author of over 300 published articles. He received his PhD in 1959 from Princeton University where he was a student of John Archibald Wheeler.
A former head of the Theoretical Physics and Solid State Spectroscopy Departments of Bell Telephone Laboratories, he has been a visiting professor at Rutgers University, Syracuse University, and the University of Bern. In 1988 John Klauder was appointed Professor of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Florida. He was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor in 2006, and became Emeritus in 2010.
His work at the University of Florida, which has been continued in retirement,
has been about quantum issues, including improving quantum field theories and quantum gravity.
IFT Colloquium, Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 4:00 pm in 2165 NPB
Title: Advanced Quantum Mathematics Ready For Difficult Problems
Abstract: A new quantization procedure, called affine quantization, using toy examples, introduces the half-harmonic oscillator, which involves only positive coordinates, and requires affine quantization, not canonical quantization. In addition, “The Particle in a Box” is properly formulated, and ready to be solved, while its affine analysis is valid, however, using canonical quantization, fails completely. These toy examples point to improved quantum field theory results, as well as quantum gravity, exploiting either operators or path integrations for valid quantum results.
An essay by John Klauder on the colloquium topic
Grad Student Lecture, Wednesday, March 1, 5:00 pm in 2165 NPB
Title: Quantization Meets the Universe
Abstract: The Plank constant is so tiny, it. truly separates the classical and quantum realms . It seems that quantum effects could hardly influence the universe as seen from the classical world. That view is challenged, and it finds that Black Holes may be very different than expected.
A recent paper by John Klauder on the lecture topic