Horst Wegener (physicist)

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Horst Wegener (born August 16, 1926 in Buxtehude -Altkloster; † February 25, 2006 ) was a German experimental physicist.

Wegener studied physics in Hamburg with his degree in 1951 and was an assistant at the University of Hamburg and then at the University of Erlangen , where he received his doctorate in 1954 with Rudolf Fleischmann with a dissertation in experimental solid-state physics ( quantitative investigations of the surface diffusion of potassium on quartz ). From 1959 to 1961 he was at Oak Ridge National Laboratory . In 1961 he became a professor in Erlangen, and from 1966 as a full professor. In 1968/69 he was dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences I. In 1991 he retired.

He dealt with various areas of nuclear and high energy physics. After discovering the parity violation of the weak interaction in the late 1950s, he dealt with its experimental consequences. He wrote an early textbook on the Mössbauer effect , which he turned to soon after its discovery. The book was a standard work at the time.

In 1977 he took a research semester at DESY (Lena experiment at the storage ring Doris). He was also involved with his Erlangen group in experiments at the Doris II storage ring in the 1980s, such as the Argus detector.

Fonts

  • The Mössbauer effect and its applications in physics and chemistry, BI Wissenschaftsverlag, Mannheim 1965.
  • Physics for University Beginners, Vieweg-Teubner, 3rd edition, Stuttgart 1991.

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SURNAME Wegener, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German experimental physicist
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Buxtehude -Altkloster
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 2006