Rudolf Mössbauer
German nuclear physicist winner of Nobel Prize in Physics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (German spelling: Mößbauer; German pronunciation: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈmœsˌbaʊ̯ɐ] ⓘ; 31 January 1929 – 14 September 2011[1]) was a German physicist best known for his 1957 discovery of 'recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence', for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics. This effect, called the Mössbauer effect, is the basis for Mössbauer spectroscopy.[2]
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Rudolf Mössbauer | |
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Born | Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (1929-01-31)31 January 1929 |
Died | 14 September 2011(2011-09-14) (aged 82) |
Alma mater | Technical University of Munich |
Known for | Mössbauer effect Mössbauer spectroscopy Lamb–Mössbauer factor |
Spouses | Elizabeth Pritz (m. 1957)Christel Braun (m. 1985) |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1961) Elliott Cresson Medal (1961) Guthrie Medal (1974) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1984) Albert Einstein Medal (1986) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (1996) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear and atomic physics |
Institutions | Technical University of Munich Caltech |
Doctoral advisor | Heinz Maier-Leibnitz |
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