Günter Kelbg

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Günter Kelbg (born March 26, 1922 in Königsberg (Prussia) , † January 26, 1988 in Rostock ) was a German theoretical physicist.

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After graduating from high school, Günter Kelbg studied mathematics, physics and chemistry at the University of Königsberg from 1942 to 1943 . From 1943 he did his military service in the German armed forces and in 1945 he was taken prisoner by the French .

From 1948 to 1951 he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Rostock . Then he was a research assistant. In 1954 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the theory of strong electrolytes . His scientific teacher was Hans Falkenhagen . After his habilitation in 1959, also with a thesis on electrolyte theory, he became a lecturer and in 1961 professor for theoretical physics. From 1964 to 1968 he was acting institute director and from 1968 to 1974 director of the physics section of the University of Rostock. In 1987 he retired.

Günter Kelbg's main area of ​​work was the application of methods of statistical mechanics to many-body systems with Coulomb interaction , especially to electrolytic solutions and quantum plasmas. The term “Kelbg potential” has entered the specialist literature.

Günter Kelbg became a corresponding member of the GDR Academy of Sciences in 1970 and a full member in 1972 . On the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the University of Rostock, he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit (VVO) in bronze in 1969. In 1987 he received the VVO in silver.

Kelbg became a member of the NDPD in 1949 and was a member of the main committee of the NDPD from April 1977 (XI. Party Congress). At the same time he belonged to the secretariat of the NDPD district committee Rostock and was chairman of the district committee Rostock-Stadt of the National Front . He was also a member of the URANIA Presidium .

Kelbg died at the age of 66 and was buried on February 3, 1988 in the Rostock New Cemetery.

literature

  • Reinhard Mahnke, Fedor Mitschke: 100 Years of the Physics Institute 1910-2010 (Contributions to the History of the University of Rostock, Issue 28) University of Rostock, 2010, ISSN  0946-607X .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ G. Kelbg: Theory of Quantum Plasmas , Annalen der Physik, Volume 467 (1963) No. 3-4, pp. 219-224.
  2. ↑ Impressive achievements of the university youth, In: Neues Deutschland , November 13, 1969, p. 4.
  3. ^ Obituary in: National-Zeitung of January 28, 1988.
  4. ↑ Congratulations on your 65th birthday in: National-Zeitung of March 26, 1987.
  5. ↑ National-Zeitung, February 4, 1988.
personal data
SURNAME Kelbg, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theoretical physicist
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1988
Place of death Rostock