Ingo Peschel

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Ingo Peschel (born October 21, 1942 in Breslau ) is a German theoretical physicist .

life and work

After his family was expelled from Silesia, Peschel grew up in Fürth (Franconia) and studied physics at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg . In 1970 he received his doctorate from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main with a dissertation on "Crystal Field Effects in Metals". This was followed by several postdoc stays, including at Harvard , where Peschel published influential papers in the field of statistical field theory in 1974/75 .

In May 1978 Peschel accepted the call to the Free University of Berlin , where he primarily dealt with statistical physics and solvable problems in low-dimensional systems. In the area of density matrices , Peschel was able to demonstrate the analysis and application of a numerical method that was very successful for one-dimensional quantum systems.

During his time as a professor , Peschel was involved in the Berlin Physical Society , which he chaired from 1982 to 1984. In the physics department, he always worked on improving teaching , especially after the changeover to the so-called "Frankfurt model" in 2003. He held the office of vice dean in the department for many years . Despite great efforts, he was unable to prevent major cuts in the range of courses due to the tight financial situation in the state of Berlin, as well as the switch to Bachelor and Master courses in physics.

In addition to his research activities, Peschel has been involved in the history of German sport as part of the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Society and in the organizing committee of the German Gymnastics Festival and the Gymnaestrada for popular sport. In his youth, Peschel was an active member of TV Fürth 1860 .

In recent years he has devoted himself more to research and primarily worked on entanglement in quantum systems. In 2008 Peschel retired. On March 19, 2014 he was awarded the DPG badge of honor.

Publications and references

  1. ↑ jahn-museum.de: organs of F. L.-Jahn-development association in Freyburg / U.
  2. ↑ Ingo Peschel in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
  3. ^ Luther, A .; Peschel, I .: Calculation of critical exponents in two dimensions from quantum field theory in one dimension . In: Physical Review . B 12, 1975, pp. 3908-3917. doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevB.12.3908 .
  4. ^ Luther, A .; Peschel, I .: Single-particle states, Kohn anomaly, and pairing fluctuations in one dimension . In: Physical Review . B 9, 1974, pp. 2911-2919. doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevB.9.2911 .
  5. ↑ fu-berlin.de: The Department of Physics - History
  6. ^ Peschel, I., Want, X., Kaulke, M. & Hallberg, K. (1999). Density matrix renormalization: a new numerical method in physics. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
  7. ^ The archive of the Physical Society in Berlin: Members of the Executive Board 1999–1975
  8. ^ FU Berlin, Department of Physics: Bachelor of Science
  9. ↑ Peschel, I .: Entanglement entropy with interface defects . In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General . 38, 2005, pp. 4327-4335. doi : 10.1088 / 0305-4470 / 38/20/002 .
  10. ↑ http://berlin14.dpg-tagungen.de/veranstaltung/festveran.html

literature

  • Peschel, I. (1990). Physics manual. Bad Honnef: German Physical Society.
personal data
SURNAME Peschel, Ingo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theoretical physicist
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw