Klaus Andres

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Klaus Andres (born March 1, 1934 in Küsnacht near Zurich ) is a Swiss physicist ( solid state physics ). From November 1, 1980 until his retirement on March 1, 1999, he was director of the Walther Meißner Institute for Low Temperature Research at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , Garching near Munich , and professor for technical physics at the Technical University of Munich .

Live and act

Klaus Andres was born as the son of Otto Ernst and Gertrud Andres (née Keller). After graduation in 1953 at the cantonal secondary school he studied at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich physics and graduated in 1958 with a diploma. He received his doctorate at the helium laboratory of Prof. Grassmann and Prof. Jørgen Olsen and in 1963 went to Bell Telephone Laboratories , New Jersey , USA .

In addition to studies on precious metals - alloys Andres was there the first time superconductivity in graphite intercalation compounds and clathrates evidence. He established the method of hyperfine reinforced adiabatic core cooling as a standard cooling technique in the milli- and micro-Kelvin temperature range. One of his greatest successes at Bell Labs is the discovery of the first heavy fermion system CeAl 3 .

In 1980 he accepted the chair for technical physics at the Technical University of Munich and at the same time became head of the Walther Meißner Institute for Low Temperature Research, where he introduced, among other things, organic superconductors and heavy fermion superconductors as a new field of work. This was followed by work on magneto-oscillatory effects at low temperatures and in high magnetic fields and on magnetism in organic conductors.

Publications (selection)

  • Thermal expansion of metals at low temperatures . Dissertation natural science ETH Zurich, No. 3455, 0000. Ref .: P. Grassmann; Corref .: JL Olsen, Zurich 1964 ( ethz.ch ).
  • more than 200 publications in professional journals

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ persons Map Klaus Andres on Prabook . Retrieved November 22, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Klaus Andres: Thermal expansion of metals at low temperatures (dissertation). Retrieved November 23, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Klaus Andres 70 years of TUM Mitteilungen 2-2004. Retrieved November 23, 2016 .
  4. ^ Myriam Hönig (Press Office Bavarian Academy of Sciences): Farewell to the Walther Meißner Institute Director. February 23, 1999, accessed November 23, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b Research Gate: Klaus Andres. Retrieved November 23, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Andres, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss physicist (solid state physics)
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Küsnacht near Zurich