Hans-Arwed Weidenmüller
Hans-Arwed Weidenmüller (born July 26, 1933 in Dresden ) is a German theoretical physicist who mainly dealt with nuclear physics.
life and work
Weidenmüller studied in Bonn and from 1956 to 1957 in Heidelberg under J. Hans D. Jensen , where he did his doctorate on stripping reactions in which the nuclear projectile loses nucleons to the target core. From 1963 he was professor for theoretical physics in Heidelberg . From 1968 he also worked at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics , from 1972 until his retirement in 2001 as director.
Weidenmüller is best known for his work on the theory of nuclear reactions . He investigated nuclear reactions in the shell model including continuum states and developed a microscopic statistical theory of nuclear reactions which, as a transport theory, had applications in the interpretation of collision experiments with heavy ions and in highly excited compound nuclei. He also investigated chaotic dynamics in atomic nuclei and nuclear reactions (as well as Bose-Einstein condensates) using the method of random matrices.
Honourings and prices
Weidenmüller holds honorary doctorates from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rechowot in Israel (1991) and the University of Rostock (2000). He is also a member of the Leopoldina Academy of Sciences (since 1997) and the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (since 1974). In 1972 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .
- 1982 - Max Planck Medal
- 1995 - Humboldt / South Africa Award from the University of Johannesburg
Fonts (selection)
- Mang, Weidenmüller: Shell model theory of the nucleus . In: Annual Review Nuclear Physics Volume 18, 1968, pp. 1-26
- Weidenmüller, Claude Mahaux: Shell model approach to nuclear reactions. North Holland, 1969
- Weidenmüller, Wolfgang Nörenberg: Introduction to the theory of heavy ion collisions. Springer, 1976, Lecture Notes in Physics
- Weidenmüller: Transport theories of heavy ion reactions . In: Progress in Nuclear and Particle Physics , Volume 3, 1980, p. 49.
- Verbaarschot, Weidenmüller, Zirnbauer: Grassmann Integrations and stochastic quantum physics . In: Physics Reports , Vol. 129, 1985, pp. 367-438
- Guhr, Müller-Groening, Weidenmüller: Random Matrix theories in quantum physics: common concepts . In: Physics Reports , Volume 299, 1998, pp. 189-425, arxiv : cond-mat / 9707301
- Papenbrock, Weidenmüller: Random matrices and chaos in nuclear spectra . In: Reviews of Modern Physics , Volume 79, 2007, p. 997, arxiv : nucl-th / 0701092
- Weidenmüller: Chaos in atomic nuclei . In: Physik Journal , March 2004
- Weidenmüller, Zhang: Nuclear fission viewed as a diffusion process: case of very large friction . In: Physical Review C , Volume 29, 1984, p. 879.
- Weidenmüller: Physics professor in Heidelberg. Personal reminiscences , in I. Appenzeller a. a. (Ed.), Heidelberg physicists report, Volume 2, Heidelberg University Library 2017, p. 157
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans-Arwed Weidenmüller in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal of Physics , Volume 150, 1958, 389
- ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Hans-Arwed Weidenmüller (with CV) at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on July 20, 2016.
- ↑ Laudation for the Planck Medal. In: Physikalische Blätter , 1982 (English)
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| SURNAME | Weidenmüller, Hans-Arwed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theoretical physicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |