Theo Mayer-Kuckuk
Theo Mayer-Kuckuk (born May 10, 1927 in Rastatt ; † September 21, 2014 in Niebüll , actually Theodor Mayer-Kuckuk ) was a German atomic and nuclear physicist .
Life
He studied in Heidelberg and did his doctorate there in 1953 under Nobel Prize winner Walther Bothe (with experimental work on the then new shell model of atomic nuclei) and worked at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics there . From 1960 he went to the USA for a year and did research at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena . In 1962 he completed his habilitation in Heidelberg and worked at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics. From 1965 until his retirement in 1992 he was professor at the Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics at the University of Bonn . Between 1990 and 1992 he was President of the German Physical Society (DPG) and from 1994 to 2006 scientific director of the Magnus House in Berlin .
Theo Mayer-Kuckuk was elected to the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1982 . In 2002 he became an honorary member of the DPG. In 2014 he died in Niebüll in Schleswig-Holstein.
Research areas
For his doctorate, Mayer-Kuckuk carried out nuclear spectroscopic measurements of atomic nuclei. He initiated the construction of a cyclotron at the University of Bonn and made a major contribution to the construction of the COZY cooler synchrotron at the Jülich Research Center . His work includes beta decay , weak and strong interactions , nuclear reactions and the structure of the atomic nucleus . He also dealt with applications such as archaeometry with the cyclotron in Bonn.
His introduction to nuclear physics, like his atomic physics, is a standard textbook in Germany.
Architectural history
Theo Mayer-Kuckuk is the builder of the Mayer-Kuckuk house, built in 1967 , a single-family house in system construction designed by the architect Wolfgang Döring that was seen as a paradigmatic in 20th century German architectural history .
Fonts
- Atomic physics. An introduction . Teubner, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1997, ISBN 3-519-43042-8 .
- Nuclear physics. An introduction . Teubner, Stuttgart, 7th edition 2002, ISBN 3519132230
Web links
- Literature by and about Theo Mayer-Kuckuk in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Pehnt : New German Architecture, Verlag Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart 1970, pp. 54–55
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer-Kuckuk, Theo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German atomic and nuclear physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rastatt |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 2014 |
| Place of death | Niebüll |