Maxim Kotsky 1968-2003
On 30 August a tragic event ended the life of a brilliant young physicist, Maxim Kotsky, who was killed in a car accident.
Maxim graduated from the Novosibirsk State University in 1993. Soon afterwards he joined the Theoretical Division of the Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics, where he received the degree of Candidate of Sciences (the Russian PhD) in 1997.
The main field of Maxim's scientific research was the theory of semi-hard QCD processes, where he made a remarkable contribution to calculations for the derivation of the BFKL equation in the next-to-leading approximation. He also performed important and interesting analyses of heavy-quark pair production near threshold and the double logarithmic asymptotics of QCD.
Maxim was a very warm and engaging person who was endlessly enthusiastic in his scientific work. He could easily establish contact and interact with people. He will remain in the memory of those who knew him for a very long time.
Victor Kim, St Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute.