Franz Viehböck (physicist)
Franz Paul Viehböck (born November 29, 1923 in Schwallenbach ) is an Austrian physicist and former professor at the Technical University of Vienna .
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After graduating from the Bundesgymnasium in Krems , Viehböck began studying physics as a major at the University of Vienna in 1944 , with a minor in mathematics and chemistry . He finished his studies in 1949 and obtained his doctorate in the same year. phil. This work contributed significantly to the further development of secondary ion mass spectrometers . Together with his doctoral supervisor Richard Herzog , Viehböck built a prototype of such a "SIMS" for the first time in 1949. From 1950 to 1958 he worked in the private sector, including as a physicist at a special factory for high vacuum and electrical engineering. From 1958 worked at the Austrian Study Society for Atomic Energy and was a visiting scientist at Jacob Kistemaker in Amsterdam. From March 1961 Viehböck worked at the Seibersdorf Reactor Center, where he was deputy head of the Physics Institute there from 1965 and its head from 1968.
In 1967 Viehböck completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Vienna and received the venia docendi for applied physics. From October 1970 he was a full professor at the Institute for Experimental Physics II at the Vienna University of Technology, which was later renamed the Institute for General Physics at the Vienna University of Technology. He later became head of this institute. There he taught and researched until his retirement in September 1987.
Viehböck is married to a second marriage after the death of his first wife. His first marriage had three sons. One of them is Franz Viehböck , Austria's first astronaut.
Prizes and awards
- 1964: Fritz Kohlrausch Prize of the Austrian Physical Society
- 1969: Silver medal for services to the Republic of Austria
- 1977: Austrian State Prize for Energy Research
- 1978: Culture Prize of the State of Lower Austria
Publications (selection)
- About a new ion source . University Press, Vienna 1948 (dissertation).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herzog, Viehböck Ion source for mass spectrometry , Physical Review, Volume 76, 1949, 855L.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viehböck, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Viehböck, Franz Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian physicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwallenbach |