Rafael Sorkin: key obituary facts
Is Rafael Sorkin dead? Yes. Rafael Sorkin died on September 12, 2026, at age 80.
Cause of death: Rafael Sorkin's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Rafael Sorkin known for?
He was an American physicist.
More about Rafael Sorkin
Gender: male.
Occupation: physicist, theoretical physicist.
Education: California Institute of Technology.
Born: October 5, 1945.
Known for: Causal sets Entropy of entanglement Sorkin parameter Sorkin-Johnston vacuum.
Rafael Sorkin, an American physicist whose work helped shape the study of quantum gravity and black hole entropy, died on September 12, 2026, aged 80.
He was professor emeritus of physics at Syracuse University and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and a fellow of the American Physical Society. Sorkin was widely associated with the causal sets approach to quantum gravity, which he helped initiate and champion, and he also played a notable role in introducing entanglement entropy as a source of black hole entropy.
Born on October 5, 1945, he studied at Harvard University and earned his doctorate at the California Institute of Technology.