Günther Cario
Günther Cario (born August 3, 1897 in Göttingen , † September 18, 1984 in Braunschweig ) was a German physicist and university professor.
Life
Günther Cario, who came from a medical family, was the son of Richard Otto and Marie JE Cario, nee. Kleinschmidt. He was born in Göttingen in 1897, where he attended high school until 1916. From 1916 to 1919 he studied physics at the University of Göttingen . During his studies he was able to work independently scientifically from 1917 to 1919 at the model research institute for aerodynamics under its director Ludwig Prandtl . In 1922 Cario was awarded a doctorate degree with a thesis on the development of true light absorption and the apparent coupling of quantum leaps. phil. PhD. From 1921 to 1936 he was assistant to the 1925 Nobel Prize winner, James Franck , at the Second Physics Institute at the University of Göttingen. He completed his habilitation in 1927 with an investigation into the wavelength of the green line of the aurora borealis . This was followed by a year of teaching at Princeton University . In 1935 he was appointed adjunct professor of physics in Göttingen.
Activity in Braunschweig
In April 1936 Cario moved to the Braunschweig Technical University as a full professor of physics and successor to Hermann Dießelhorst . He held his teaching post there until his retirement in 1965. From 1940 to 1944 he was Dean of the Faculty of General Sciences. During the Second World War , the Physics Institute was completely destroyed in 1944. After the end of the war, he was instrumental in establishing the institutes for technical and theoretical physics. At the end of his service life, the new physics center was finally built from 1965 to 1968.
In 1943 Cario was one of the founding members of the Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (BWG). He was a member of the German Physical Society and from 1962 to 1966 Vice President of the International Optical Committee. Cario maintained a close relationship with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig.
Günther Cario died in Braunschweig in 1984 at the age of 87.
Fonts (selection)
- with Ludolf H. Reinecke: The dissociation energy of the nitrogen molecule and its significance for the afterglow of the active nitrogen , Vieweg, Braunschweig 1949.
- with Ulrich Stille : Determination of the height of the atmospheric sodium layer that shines in the twilight , Vieweg, Braunschweig 1950.
- with J. Euler and Hans Fricke: Investigations of the optical properties of colored potassium chlorate crystals , Vieweg, Braunschweig 1951.
- with Ulrich Stille: About the appearance of the sodium D-lines in night sky lights and in the northern lights , Vieweg, Braunschweig 1954.
literature
- Birgit Pohl: Cario, Günther Traugott Karl Friedrich . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 119 .
- Norman-Mathias Pingel: Cario, Günther (Traugott Karl Friedrich). In: Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (Hrsg.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Supplementary volume. Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 , p. 34 .
- Christoph Schwink: Günther Cario (obituary) . In: 1985 year book of the Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft , Verlag Erich Goltze KG, Göttingen, pp. 145–147.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig: Personnel and course directory for the summer semester 1944 , Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig, 1944, p. 24.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cario, Günther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cario, Günther Traugott Karl Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goettingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1984 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |