Röntgen Prize

The Röntgen Prize at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen is awarded annually for outstanding work on basic research in radiation physics , photonic or radiation biology. It is named after Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen , who was professor in Gießen from 1879 to 1888 . The prize is endowed with 15,000 euros (up to 2012: 10,000 euros). First and foremost, the work of young scientists should be honored. It is donated by Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH and the Ludwig Schunk Foundation .

It should not be confused with other prices with a similar name, for example with

• the Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Prize of the German Radiological Society (DRG), endowed with 10,000 euros, with which the DRG honors its own members (and members of associated foreign societies) for excellent scientific work that serves the advancement of radiology or
• the Röntgen Prize of the University of Würzburg (endowed with 5,000 euros), which is awarded annually within the university to young scientists who have demonstrated outstanding performance.

Award winners

• 1960 John Bertram Adams ( CERN , Geneva ), as CERN director responsible for the proton synchrotron
• 1961 Rudolf Mößbauer ( Technical University of Munich ) for discovering the Mößbauer effect
• 1962 Günther Clausnitzer , generation of beams of spin-polarized protons
• 1963 Theo Mayer-Kuckuk (Heidelberg)
• 1964 Ulrich Hagen (Karlsruhe), Robert Koch (Freiburg) for radiation biology
• 1965 Gianfranco Bologna , Uwe Timm , Gerhard Lutz from DESY for the generation of coherent, highly polarized photons in the GeV range
• 1967 Otto Schult (Munich), Gamma-ray absorption in nuclei
• 1968 to 1970
  Gerhard Backenstoss ( University of Karlsruhe and CERN , Geneva ) for excellent work on antiproton and sigma atoms, especially their X-ray emission ;
  Till Kirsten ( Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics , Heidelberg ) for discovering the double beta decay of the atomic nuclei Se-82 and Te-130 as well as determining the half-lives of both decays ;
  Ernst Stuhlinger ( NASA ) for pioneering work in space travel
• 1975 Berndt Mueller ( Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main ), Paul H. Mokler ( GSI , Darmstadt ), Frans W. Saris (FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam)
• 1976 Bernhard Ziegler ( University of Mainz ), photon scattering on nuclei
• 1977 Wolfgang Junge , Roland Reich , Bernd Rumberg (Berlin) for work on photosynthesis
• 1978 Jürgen Andrä ( Freie Universität Berlin ), investigation of the electron shell of atoms and ions after foil excitation
• 1979 Claus Rolfs ( University of Münster ), Astrophysical applications of nuclear physics by measuring nuclear reactions at low energies
• 1980 Hartmut Backe ( Technical University Darmstadt ), positron emission after collision of uranium nuclei at high speed
• 1981 Wolfram Bode ( Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry , Martinsried ), X-ray structure analysis, mechanism of action of the kallikrein complex
• 1982 Thomas Walcher ( Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics , Heidelberg , and CERN , Geneva ), discovery of the quadrupole giant resonance in nuclei
• 1983 Gottfried Münzenberg ( GSI , Darmstadt ), SHIP spectrometer and discovery of the cores with Z = 107 and 109
• 1984 Renata Patricia Virsik-Peukert ( University of Göttingen ), radiation-induced chromosome aberrations in human lymphocytes
• 1985 Klaus Rith ( Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg ), EMC effect
• 1986 Wolfgang Ertmer ( University of Bonn ), braking of atomic beams with lasers
• 1987 Reinhold Schuch ( Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics , Heidelberg , and Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA ), investigation of the atomic shell on decelerated, charged heavy ions
• 1988 Walter Graeff ( DESY , Hamburg ) for excellent contributions to the use of synchrotron radiation to visualize the coronary arteries ( coronary angiography ) with dichromography
• 1989 Joachim Reinhardt ( GSI , Darmstadt ), Gerhard Soff ( Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main ), theoretical heavy ion atomic physics
• 1990 Hans Gerhard Börner ( Institut Laue-Langevin , Grenoble ), high-resolution gamma ray spectroscopy with double crystal spectrometers
• 1991 Werner Heil ( University of Mainz ), parity violation of the electroweak interaction
• 1992 Roland Wink ( Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics , Heidelberg ) for essential contributions to the success of the Gallex experiment , the first evidence of neutrino production during hydrogen fusion in the sun
• 1993 Ralph Bilger ( University of Tübingen ), scatter reactions of pions on nuclei
• 1994 Arne Kallenbach ( Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics , Garching ), plasma diagnostics
• 1995 Thomas Stöhlker ( GSI , Darmstadt ) for X-ray spectroscopy on very heavy, highly charged ions
• 1996 Friedrich Aumayr ( Vienna University of Technology ) for outstanding contributions to ion-induced electron emission and the development of X-ray lasers
• 1997 Andreas Tünnermann ( Laser Zentrum Hannover ) for the conception and investigation of new types of laser beam sources as well as application-oriented development of laser-optical measuring methods
• 1998 Rodrigo Supper ( Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics , Garching ) for outstanding contributions to X-ray astronomy
• 1999 Manfred Scholz ( GSI Darmstadt , Heidelberg) for outstanding contributions in the field of basic radiation-biological research
• 2000 Klaus Sengstock ( University of Hanover ), linear and non-linear atomic optics
• 2001 Stefan Steinbacher ( Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry , Martinsried ) for structural elucidation of biomolecules using X-ray crystallography
• 2002 Ulrich Schramm ( Ludwig Maximilians University Munich ) for outstanding contributions to the generation of crystalline ion beams in storage rings
• 2003 Hermann Dürr ( BESSY , Berlin ) for outstanding contributions to the microscopic characterization of thin magnetic layers using circularly polarized X-rays
• 2004 Simone Techert ( Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry , Göttingen ) for ultrashort dynamics in organic solids with time-resolved X-rays
• 2005 Thorsten Weber ( Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main ) for groundbreaking contributions to the elucidation of many-body dynamics in fundamental atomic and molecular systems .
• 2006 Thomas Udem ( Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics , Garching ) for groundbreaking work on the implementation of optical frequency comb techniques using femtosecond lasers
• 2007 Michael Köhl ( University of Cambridge , United Kingdom ) for his outstanding innovative contributions in the field of cold quantum gases
• 2008 Birgit Kanngießer ( Technical University Berlin ) in recognition of her development of a new method for the application of X-rays in microstructure analysis
• 2009 Till Nikolaij Jahnke ( Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main ) for research on the Interatomic Coulomb Decay (ICD)
• 2010 Christian David ( Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen ) and Franz Pfeiffer ( Technical University Munich , Garching ) for the method of phase contrast X-ray using conventional X-ray tubes
• 2011 Matthias Kling ( Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics , Garching ) for groundbreaking work in the field of attosecond nano microscopy
• 2012 Christoph Bostedt ( Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and Stanford University , USA ) for outstanding work on free-electron lasers
• 2013 Tetyana Galatyuk ( Technical University Darmstadt ) for the solution of the "DLS-Puzzle" This is a discrepancy between theoretical prediction and experiment in the production of dileptons in core-core collisions (heavy ion collisions), named after the DLS (Dilepton Spectrometer) Collaboration in Berkeley that carried out the measurements.
• 2014 Jörg Evers ( Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics ) "in recognition of his development and verification of a fundamental new quantum optical approach for the description of X-ray scattering on atomic nuclei in nanoscopic systems."
• 2015 Eleftherios Goulielmakis ( Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics ) for his "outstanding contributions in the field of attosecond physics and technology with soft X-rays."
• 2016 Markus Schöffler ( Goethe University Frankfurt ) "for the investigation of the interaction of X-rays with atoms and molecules."
• 2017 Daniela Münzel ( Klinikum rechts der Isar ) "for outstanding contributions in the field of clinical X-ray diagnostics"
• 2018 Lars von der Wense ( Ludwig Maximilians University Munich ) "for excellent work on basic research in radiation physics and radiation biology"
• 2019 Adriana Pálffy-Buß ( Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics ) "for her outstanding contributions in the field of theoretical atomic and nuclear physics, in particular for the development of a new control mechanism for X-ray quanta"

Web links

• Röntgen Prize at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen. Justus Liebig University Giessen , accessed on November 18, 2019 . 
• Table of the people awarded the Röntgen Prize. Justus Liebig University Giessen , accessed on November 18, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen Prize. German Roentgen Society - Society for Medical Radiology eV, accessed on August 26, 2013 . 
2. ↑ X-ray price. Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg , accessed on February 22, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Lisa Dittrich: X-ray award for Heidelberg nuclear physicist PD Dr. Adriana Pálffy-Buß. Justus Liebig University Giessen, press release from November 18, 2019 from the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on November 18, 2019.