Josef Brandmüller

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Josef Brandmüller (born March 28, 1921 in Freising ; † December 26, 1996 in Munich ) was a German physicist . From 1964 until his retirement in 1986 Brandmüller was professor of physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

education

After graduating from the Wittelsbacher Gymnasium in Munich in 1939 , Brandmüller studied physics at the University of Munich. He was one of the students whom Walther Gerlach was able to hold back from military service through "war-related research projects". The research project consisted of the investigation of the electrical properties of metal contacts. Shortly before the end of the war, in February 1945, Brandmüller was able to complete his studies under Walther Gerlach with a doctorate .

After brief industrial activity at the Steinheil company, Brandmüller returned in 1949 as an assistant to the Physics Institute at the University of Munich. There he completed his habilitation in 1954 and was soon appointed to a professorship for physics at the Philosophical-Theological University of Bamberg, the forerunner of today's Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg . In 1964 he was appointed to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , initially as an associate professor and from 1966 as a full professor . In 1986 Brandmüller retired.

Research activity

Even before his habilitation, Brandmüller had set up the “ Raman Spectroscopy ” working group , which dealt with the resonance Raman effect, intensity measurement on liquids and measurement of Raman spectra on crystal powders. The research area, which some had already declared dead, received an enormous boost in the 1960s with the development of the laser , which revolutionized Raman spectroscopy as a new light source. This made it possible to expand the work area to all aspects of Raman spectroscopy and to the complementary method of infrared spectroscopy. In addition to experimental research, Brandmüller also dealt with theory. He dealt with molecular model calculations, with anharmonic potentials and with the theory of point groups . After his retirement, Brandmüller devoted himself entirely to the theory of symmetry and its application in natural science and art, e.g. B. in music and in archeology.

Services

Together with Heribert Moser, Brandmüller published the monograph “Introduction to Raman Spectroscopy”. Under his guidance, over 130 students were able to complete their studies with a diploma or doctorate. As a visiting professor he taught at the University of Vienna, the Technical University of Vienna and the University of Graz. Since 1983 he was an external member of the "Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Classe di Scienze fisiche, mathematiche e naturali" in Venice. Brandmüller is the author of numerous refereed publications and conference contributions.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ I. Dietrich, W. Kiefer, HW Schrötter: Josef Brandmüller — An appreciation. In: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy , Volume 17 (1986), pp. 1-7.
  2. ↑ HW Schrötter, W. Kiefer: Personal - Josef Brandmüller. In: Physikalische Blätter , Volume 52 (1996) number 9.
  3. ↑ J. Brandmüller, H. Moser: Introduction to Raman spectroscopy. Steinkopff-Verlag, Darmstadt 1962.
personal data
SURNAME Brandmüller, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Freising
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1996
Place of death Munich