Wolfgang Schnell
Wolfgang Schnell (* 1929 in Kaiserslautern ; † October 2, 2006 ) was a German physicist who studied the physics of particle accelerators.
Schnell was the son of a doctor and studied physics at the University of Heidelberg . He then went to the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, but instead of working towards a doctorate, he switched to CERN in 1954 , where he worked in Chris Schmelzer's high-frequency group at the Proton Synchrotron (PS). He played an important role in the construction of the PS (where a phase-sensitive feedback circuit he invented could overcome a threshold with high beam losses) and later in the design team for the Intersecting Storage Ring (ISR) and the SPS (Super Proton Synchrotron). At ISR, he led the design and construction of the high frequency system. While working at the ISR Schnell discovered a noise caused by the transverse movement of the beam particles and recognized the possibility of implementing the stochastic cooling of the particle beams proposed by Simon van der Meer . He was also involved in the design study for the LEP (and in the construction of its high frequency system) and in particular was the driving force behind the development of the plans for the CLIC project at CERN, a future twin-beam linear accelerator as an electron-positron collider.
Schnell was awarded an honorary doctorate from Heidelberg University.
literature
- Andrew Sessler, Edmund Wilson: Engines of discovery , World Scientific 2007, p. 148.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quickly, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaiserslautern |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 2006 |