What is Dmitry Shirkov?
[[File:Shirkov D V.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shirkov in July 2013]] '''Dmitry Vasil'evich Shirkov''' ({{lang-ru|Дми́трий Васи́льевич Ширко́в}}; 3 March 1928 – 23 January 2016) was a [[Russia]]n [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]]. He was known for his works to [[quantum field theory]] and to the development of the [[renormalization group]] method. He used to work at [[Lund University]] in [[Sweden]]. He was born in [[Moscow]], Russia. Shirkov died at his home in [[Dubna]], Russia from a [[heart attack]] on 23 January 2016 at the age of 87.<ref name=jinr>{{cite web|url=http://www.jinr.ru/posts/the-directorate-of-the-joint-institute-for-nuclear-research-deeply-regrets-to-announce/|title=The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research deeply regrets to announce|publisher=JINR.ru|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://hep.phys.msu.ru/about/professors.phtml?id=22 Biography at the department of Quantum Theory and High Energy Physics at MSU] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219083832/http://hep.phys.msu.ru/about/professors.phtml?id=22 |date=2012-02-19 }} {{in lang|ru}} {{authority control}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shirkov, Dmitry}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Scientists from Moscow]] [[Category:Russian theoretical physicists]]