Karl Rebane

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Karl Karlowitsch Rebane ( Russian Карл Карлович Ребане ; born April 11, 1926 in Pernau ; † November 4, 2007 in Dorpat ) was an Estonian - Soviet solid-state physicist and university professor .

Life

Rebane was drafted into the Red Army in November 1943 and served in the German-Soviet War from February 1944 . In November 1944 he was seriously wounded in the leg by a land mine explosion . He studied at the Dorpater Polytechnic Institute (1947-1949) and at the University of Leningrad (LGU) with a degree in 1952. In 1948 he joined the CPSU . In 1955 he received his doctorate from the LGU as a candidate in physical-mathematical sciences .

Rebane taught at Dorpat University from 1955 . In 1956 Rebane became an employee of the Institute of Physics and Astronomy of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (AN-EstSSR). In 1964 he received his doctorate in physical-mathematical sciences from the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic . In 1968 he was appointed professor .

Rebane became Academy Secretary of the Department of Physics, Technology and Mathematics (1964), full member (1967), Vice President (1968) and, as Arnold Veimer's successor, President (1973) of the AN-EstSSR. In 1976 Rebane was elected a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (AN-SSSR, since 1991 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN)). In 1987 he became a full member of the AN-SSSR. 1974-1989 he was a member of the EstSSR of the Nationality Soviet of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR . In 1990 Rebane left the office of President of the now Estonian Academy of Sciences. His successor was Arno Köörna .

Rebane's research area was solid-state physics , with the spectroscopy of crystals being the focus. He contributed significantly to the theory of the optical spectra of crystals with imperfections . In his theoretical work he investigated dynamic processes in excited crystals and in particular phenomena of luminescence . He proposed the incorporation of simple molecular ions in crystal lattices as probes for measuring the interaction effects of impurities and lattices and examined the spectra of solids with incorporated chlorophyll molecules . He initiated and organized international conferences, in particular four Soviet -US symposia on optics (1975–1990). In 1993 he became an honorary member of the Joffe Institute .

Rebane was married and had two children Ina and Alexander. Rebane had three brothers Jaan, Toomas and Jüri. Toomas Rebane (1930–2012) was a theoretical physicist at LGU.

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  1. ↑ Aleksandrov EB , Alferov Zh I , Andreev AF , Bagaev SN , Borisevich NA , Zabrodskii AG , Kaplyanskii AA , Osipov Yu S , Osip'yan Yu A , Pozhela Yu K , Suris RA , Trifonov ED: In memory of Karl Karlovich Rebane . In: Phys. Usp. tape 51 , 2008, p. 419-420 , doi : 10.1070 / PU2008v051n04ABEH006556 ( ufn.ru [accessed February 27, 2019]).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Landeshelden: Ребане Карл Карлович (accessed on February 27, 2019).
  3. ↑ JA Chramow: Rebane Karl Karlowitsch . In: AI Achijeser : Physicists: Biographical Lexicon . Nauka , Moscow 1983, p. 229 (Russian).
  4. ↑ a b c RAN: Ребане Карл Карлович (accessed February 27, 2019).
  5. ↑ Ребане Тоомас-Эрик Карлович (accessed February 27, 2019).
  6. ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 04.03.2000 г. № 466 (accessed February 27, 2019).
personal data
SURNAME Rebane, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rebane, Karl Karlowitsch; Ребане, Карл Карлович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian-Soviet solid-state physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Pernau
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 2007
Place of death Dorpat