Martin Keilhacker (physicist)
Martin Keilhacker (born May 23, 1934 in Königsberg ; † February 26, 2016 in Munich ) was a German plasma physicist.
Life
Martin Keilhacker is the son of media educator Martin Keilhacker sr. He studied physics at the Technical University of Munich , where he received his doctorate in 1959. From 1960 he was at what was then the Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), later the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics , in Garching near Munich , where he worked on theta pinch experiments until 1965 and on shock-free shock waves from 1965. From 1973 to 1985 he was the project manager of the tokamak experiment ASDEX (axially symmetrical divertor experiment), in which the divertor concept was successfully tested and in 1982 a plasma regime with improved energy containment, the so-called H regime, was found - both of which are important building blocks for a future fusion reactor .
In 1985 he became Associate Director (responsible for the Experimental Department), in 1988 Deputy Director (responsible for the Experimental Department and Theory Division), 1992 Acting Director and 1993 Director of the JET Laboratory in Culham , UK . There, under his leadership, a world record of 16 MW fusion power was achieved in 1997 in a deuterium-tritium plasma , although 24 megawatts were required for the plasma heating. In 1999 he retired. He was honorary professor for plasma physics and fusion research at the University of Duisburg .
In 2008 he became chairman of the Energy Working Group (AKE) of the German Physical Society . In this context, he published a study by the DPG on electricity in 2010.
Fonts
- The ASDEX Divertor Tokamak , Nucl. Fusion 25 (1985) 1045
- with A. Gibson a. a .: High fusion performance from deuterium-tritium plasmas in JET , Nucl. Fusion 39 (1999) 209
- with Hardo Bruhns: "Energiewende": Where are we going? , From Politics and Contemporary History, 46–47 / 2011, online
Honors
- In 1992, Keilhacker and P.-H. Rebut, A. Gibson, and M. Huguet received the Royal Society Esso Energy Award
- In 2000 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany honored
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Keilhacker in the catalog of the German National Library
- JET Directors Biographies
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Keilhacker , FAZ , March 10, 2016
- ^ A b c Hardo Bruhns, Karl Lackner , Friedrich Wagner , Michael Watkins: In memory of Martin Keilhacker . In: Physics Journal . tape 15 , no. 5 , 2016, p. 54 .
- ↑ see pinch effect
- ^ Collisionless Shock Waves, Scholarpedia
- ^ History & Anniversaries. In: efda.org. EFDA , archived from the original on October 4, 2014 ; Retrieved June 9, 2016 .
- ↑ DUZ: Deutsche Universitäts-Zeitung, Volume 52, 1996, p. 29
- ↑ Electricity: the key to a sustainable and climate-friendly energy system , pdf
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keilhacker, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German plasma physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 2016 |
| Place of death | Munich |