Heinrich J. Völk
Heinrich J. "Heinz" Völk (born December 12, 1936 in Donauwörth ) is a German astrophysicist and plasma physicist .
Life
Völk studied physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and the FU Berlin with a diploma in 1961 in Munich and a doctorate at the Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching in 1965. As a post-doctoral student he was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where he became an assistant professor in 1966 . From 1967 he was at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and from 1975 Director at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg. From 1976 he was also an honorary professor at the University of Heidelberg . In 2005 he retired.
Among other things, he dealt with the generation mechanisms of high-energy cosmic rays. He was co-spokesman for the HEGRA experiment and lead scientist in the HESS experiment in Namibia. He was also involved in the ISOPHOT experiment, was one of the leading scientists in an electron beam experiment on a GEOS satellite and was involved in the Giotto mission .
In 1982 he was Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago . He is a full member of the Academia Europaea .
In 2010 he received the Bruno Rossi Prize with the HESS team .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directory of members: Heinrich Völk. Academia Europaea, accessed July 24, 2017 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Völk, Heinrich J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Völk, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astrophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Donauwörth |