What is Roberto Peccei?
'''Roberto Daniele Peccei''' ({{IPA-it|petˈtʃɛi|lang}}; January 6, 1942<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=allYAAAAMAAJ&q=Peccei,+ROberto+Daniele%22+AND+%221942%22 |title=American men & women of science: a ... - Google Books |date=2008-02-14 |publisher=R.R. Bowker |access-date=2011-10-07|isbn=9781414433059 }}</ref> – June 1, 2020) was an Italian theoretical particle physicist. Her works in the area of [[electroweak]] and in the interface between [[particle physics]] and [[physical cosmology]]. He was most known for formulating the [[Peccei–Quinn theory]] (with [[Helen Quinn]]).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Peccei|first1=R. D.|last2=Quinn|first2=Helen R.|date=1977|title=CP Conservation in the Presence of Pseudoparticles|journal=Physical Review Letters|language=en|volume=38|issue=25|pages=1440–1443|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1440|bibcode=1977PhRvL..38.1440P|issn=0031-9007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Peccei|first1=R. D.|last2=Quinn|first2=Helen R.|date=1977|title=Constraints imposed by CP conservation in the presence of pseudoparticles|journal=Physical Review D|language=en|volume=16|issue=6|pages=1791–1797|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.16.1791|bibcode=1977PhRvD..16.1791P|issn=0556-2821}}</ref> Peccei was a Vice Chancellor for Research at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], a position he held between 2000 and 2010. Peccei died on June 1, 2020 at the age of 78.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-04|title=In memoria di Roberto Peccei|url=https://www.greenreport.it/news/in-memoria-di-roberto-peccei/|access-date=2020-06-05|website=Greenreport: economia ecologica e sviluppo sostenibile|language=it-IT|archive-date=2020-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605051225/https://www.greenreport.it/news/in-memoria-di-roberto-peccei/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://clubofrome.org/impact-hubs/climate-emergency/roberto-peccei-in-memoriam/ |title=In Memoriam |publisher= Club of Rome |date=2020-06-01 |access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Peccei, Ro