Ernst-Wilhelm Otten
Ernst-Wilhelm Otten (born August 30, 1934 in Cologne ; † July 8, 2019 in Mainz ) was a German experimental physicist who dealt with laser spectroscopy .
Life
From 1954 Otten studied physics in Bonn and at the University of Heidelberg , where he received his diploma in 1959 and his doctorate in 1962. Then he was a research assistant in Heidelberg. In 1966 he completed his habilitation there. Since 1972 he was professor for experimental physics at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . In 1968/9 and 1979 he was at CERN .
Otten used laser spectroscopy to examine nuclei, for example the measurement of nuclear radii and nuclear moments of unstable isotopes. With Werner Heil, Professor of Experimental Physics in Mainz, he developed a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) procedure with helium 3 atoms aligned by polarized laser light, which for the first time allows MRI recordings of lung function. He has been conducting research on this at the École normal supérieure since 1988 .
Otten had been a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz since 1985 and of the French Academy of Sciences since 1989 . Since 1998 he has been a member of the Academia Europaea . In 1998 he received the Koerber European Science Award for his MRT development with Heil. In 1987 he received the Gentner-Kastler Prize . In 2005 he received the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2004 he received the Markow Prize for his participation in the KATRIN experiment.
Web links
- CV on "German Future Prize" ( Memento from December 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Literature by and about Ernst-Wilhelm Otten in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notices Ernst-Wilhelm Otten. (PDF) Retrieved November 13, 2019 .
- ^ Otten "Nuclear radii and moments of unstable isotopes", in D. Allen Bromley (editor): Treatise on Heavy-Ion Science, Vol. 8, 1984 (Nuclei far from stability), Plenum Press, p. 517
- ↑ Member entry of Ernst-Wilhelm Otten at the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz , accessed on November 6, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otten, Ernst-Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 2019 |
| Place of death | Mainz |