Albert Josef Hofmann
Albert Josef Hofmann (born February 27, 1933 in Versoix ; † December 28, 2018 ) was a Swiss physicist who dealt with particle accelerator physics and experimental elementary particle physics.
life and work
Hofmann studied physics at the ETH Zurich with a diploma in 1957. In 1964 he received his doctorate there. From 1966 to its closure in 1973, he worked at the Cambridge Electron Accelerator (CEA) at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , which was then converted from a synchrotron into an electron-positron collider. Afterwards he was Senior Physicist at CERN , where he worked on the Intersecting Storage Ring (ISR) (e.g. questions of beam stability) and then on the LEP design. In 1983 he became a professor at Stanford University , where he worked at the SLAC (development of the Stanford Linear Collider, SLC) and at the local synchrotron radiation source (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SSRL). From 1987 he was back at CERN, where he was jointly responsible for setting up the LEP. In 1998 he retired there. Afterwards he worked for the SSRL, the B-Factory at the SLAC (PEP-II), various synchrotron radiation sources (such as the Brazilian LNLS, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Swiss Light Source SLS, the Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (SRRC) ) in Taiwan), for Lyncean Technologies in Palo Alto .
From 1992 he was a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1996 he received the Robert R. Wilson Prize of the American Physical Society for his development of numerous experimental techniques for the study of collective phenomena in particle accelerators and storage rings, specifically for the experimental determination of beam impedances and the development of methods of controlling instabilities that limit the beam intensity (Laudatory speech). His qualities as a teacher were also highlighted in the award statement. In 2001 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva .
Fonts (selection)
- The physics of synchrotron radiation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2004, ISBN 0-521-30826-7 (Cam bridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics and cosmology. Vol. 20).
literature
- Andrew Sessler , Edmund Wilson : Engines of discovery - a century of particle accelerators. World Scientific, Singapore 2007, ISBN 978-981-270070-4 , p. 79
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Hofmann (1933-2018) . CERN. January 11, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofmann, Albert Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hofmann, Albert J .; Hofmann, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versoix |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 2018 |