Hey Zehui
He Zehui (何泽慧, Ho Zah-wei; born March 5, 1914 in Suzhou , Jiangsu Province , † June 20, 2011 in Beijing ) was a Chinese nuclear physicist .
Life
In 1936 she completed her studies at the Beijing Tsinghua University , in 1940 she received her doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin . From 1940 to 1943 she worked in the low-voltage laboratory of Siemens , after which she worked for Walther Bothe at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg . As part of her investigation of the positron spectrum of 53 Mn , she was the first to observe the scattering of positrons by electrons using a cloud chamber .
From 1946 to 1948 she worked in the nuclear chemistry laboratory of the Collège de France in Paris , where, together with her future husband Qian Sanqiang, she first observed nuclear fission with more than two charged fission products. She then returned to China and did research in the field of nuclear physics at several institutions. In 1950 she introduced neutron measurements in China using nuclear track emulsions . She carried out research on the first Chinese cyclotron and the first Chinese nuclear reactor, and made significant contributions to the Chinese atomic bomb program . After 1970 she researched cosmic radiation and astrophysics . She was director of the Academy Institutes for Atomic Energy and High Energy Physics. In 1980 she was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences .
literature
- Thomas Harnisch , Chinese students in Germany. History and impact of her study visits in the years from 1860 to 1945 , 1999 (also Habil. LMU Munich 1996), p. 444
Web links
- biographical information on the homepage of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (English)
- Nachruf products (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hey Zehui |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hey Zah-wei |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese nuclear physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Suzhou |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 2011 |
| Place of death | Beijing |