Dieter Flamm

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Dieter Flamm (born June 2, 1936 in Vienna ; † September 24, 2002 ) was an Austrian physicist .

life and work

He was the son of physics professor Ludwig Flamm and his wife Elsa, a daughter of Ludwig Boltzmann . Flamm studied physics at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in theoretical physics under Walter Thirring in 1960 . From 1961 to 1963 he was at CERN in Geneva and then until 1966 in the USA, at the University of Chicago (Enrico Fermi Institute) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . From 1966 he was at the Institute for High Energy Physics of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, where he became deputy director. In 1971 he completed his habilitation at the Vienna University of Technology . Since 1973 he was professor for theoretical physics at the University of Vienna.

Flamm dealt with elementary particle physics ( quark model) and later with the history of physics, especially Ludwig Boltzmann . He published writings by Boltzmann and the correspondence with his future wife Henriette von Aigentler.

In 1971 he received the Ludwig Boltzmann Prize from the Austrian Physical Society .

He was buried at the Neustift cemetery .

Flamm was also a passionate mountaineer who made a first ascent in the Dolomites with mathematician Walter Philipp , among others .

Fonts

  • with F. Schöberl: Introduction to the quark model of elementary particles. Gordon and Breach, New York 1982, ISBN 0-677-16270-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ D. Flamm: Boltzmann - a pioneer of modern physics. In: 20th International Congress on History of Science. 1997, arxiv : physics / 9710007 .
  2. ^ D. Flamm History and Outlook of Statistical Physics. In: Conference on Creativity in Physics Education. Sopron 1997, arxiv : physics / 9803005 .
  3. ↑ Dear Professor! - Dearly beloved Louis! Ludwig Boltzmann, Henriette von Aigentler, correspondence , Böhlau, Vienna 1995
  4. ^ Grave site Dieter Flamm , Vienna, Neustifter Friedhof, Group 11, Row 5, No. 33.
  5. ^ Philipp Walter, Austria Lexicon
personal data
SURNAME Flamm, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physicist
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 2002