Karl-Heinz Rieder (physicist)

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Karl-Heinz Rieder (born September 1, 1942 in Eisenstadt ; † March 7, 2017 ) was an Austrian physicist .

Life

Rieder studied physics and mathematics at the University of Vienna . As a student he took part in the 1965 Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau . In Seibersdorf Research Center , he completed his dissertation study of surface vibrational states in magnesium oxide crystals by inelastic scattering of thermal neutrons at with which he 1968 doctorate was. He continued these investigations at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart . In 1975 Rieder moved to the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory in Rüschlikon . There he developed the method of helium scattering on surfaces together with Thomas Engel . He also took part in Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer's development of scanning tunneling microscopy .

In 1985 Rieder accepted a position at the Free University of Berlin . With his working group, he further developed helium scattering and high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy for the investigation of surface phonons and used scanning tunneling microscopy to manipulate individual adsorbed atoms and molecules . He worked a lot with Gerhard Meyer , who was his assistant at the Free University of Berlin before he went to the IBM laboratory in Rüschlikon.

In 2005 Rieder retired . Then he worked as a post-professor two years at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA) in Dübendorf and then part-time at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin until he chose to retire in Switzerland settled .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice from the Free University of Berlin (accessed June 19, 2017).
  2. ↑ a b c d Alexis Baratoff, Karl-Heinz Ernst, Leonhard Grill, Reinhold Koch: Obituary for Karl-Heinz Rieder . In: Physics Journal . tape 16 , no. 6 , 2017, p. 54 .
  3. ↑ ÖNB: Investigation of surface oscillation states in magnesium oxide crystals through inelastic scattering of thermal neutrons (accessed on June 19, 2017).
personal data
SURNAME Rieder, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physicist
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenstadt
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2017