Erich Wilhelm Schmid

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Erich Wilhelm Schmid (born June 29, 1931 in Munich ) is a German physicist . From 1965 until his retirement in 1996, Schmid was professor for theoretical physics at the University of Tübingen .

education

Schmid studied physics at the University of Munich and graduated with a diploma (1955) in experimental physics and a doctorate in theoretical physics (1958) under Walther Gerlach .

After two years of research in Munich, he became a research associate at Florida State University in Tallahassee (1960–1963) under Karl Wildermuth and a research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics in Munich (1963–1965) under Werner Heisenberg . In 1965 he was appointed to a chair for theoretical atomic and nuclear physics at the University of Tübingen.

Research activity

Schmid's research began with experimental and theoretical molecular physics in Munich and subsequently extended to computer-aided nuclear physics at Florida State University. This work was continued after his return to the Max Planck Institute in Munich. After his appointment to the chair at the University of Tübingen, he expanded his research on quantum mechanical problems with multiple particles. In 1988 he began to work in a new field of research, namely computer applications in medicine, especially in ophthalmology .

Services

Schmid founded the ZDV (Center for Data Processing) at the University of Tübingen. Together with Ivo Slaus he initiated the European Few-Body-Physics Research Committee and was a member of the editorial board of the journal Few-Body Systems. Schmid is the first author of the monograph "The Quantum-Mechanical Three-Body Problem" (also published in Russian) and the textbooks "Theoretical Physics on the Personal Computer" (also published in German and Japanese), later published as "Physical simulations with the personal computer : Mechanics, electricity, heat, quantum mechanics ". Schmid is the author of numerous refereed publications and conference contributions.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ EW Schmid and H. Ziegelmann: The Quantum-Mechanical Three-Body Problem (Vieweg, Braunschweig, 1974)
  2. ^ EW Schmid, G. Spitz, and W. Lösch: Theoretical Physics on the Personal Computer (Springer, Berlin, 1988)
  3. ↑ EW Schmid, G. Spitz, and W. Lösch: Physical simulations with the personal computer: mechanics, electricity, heat, quantum mechanics (Springer, Berlin, 1993)
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Erich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich