Rudolf Mössbauer
German nuclear physicist and Noble Prize in Physics · Germany · Scientists · Lived 1929 to 2011 · aged 82
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Something wrong?A German physicist who found a way to measure atomic nuclei with such absurd precision that gamma rays could detect motion slower than a crawl - and won a Nobel at 32 for it.
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Rudolf L. Moessbauer 1962
15. Tagung 1965 Physiker Werner Heisenberg, Karl Georg v. Hevesy, Rudolf L. Mößbauer - W134Nr.078937b - Willy Pragher
15. Tagung 1965 Physiker- Oberbürgermeister Steurer, A. Goppel, H. Lenz, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, Karl Georg v. Hevesy, Rudolf L. Mößbauer, 2. Rei - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 078929e
15. Tagung 1965 Physiker- Polonaise angeführt von Frau Steurer und Rudolf L. Mößbauer - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 078949g
15. Tagung 1965 Physiker- Rudolf L. Mößbauer, S. Balke - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 078934b
15. Tagung 1965 Physiker- Rudolf L. Mößbauer, S. Balke, John Bardeen - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 078934a
15. Tagung 1965 Physiker- Rudolf L. Mößbauer, S. Balke, R. Mecke, dahinter John Bardeen - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 078934c
15. Tagung 1965 Physiker- Rudolf L. Mößbauer, Sir John D. Cockcroft - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 078944Awards
About this person
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer was born on 31 January 1929 in Germany. Working in physics, he discovered what became known as the Mössbauer effect, a phenomenon that allowed scientists to measure incredibly fine changes in atomic nuclei using gamma-ray absorption. The discovery was fundamental enough that it spawned an entire field: Mössbauer spectroscopy. In 1961, still in his early thirties, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert Hofstadter. He died on 14 September 2011.
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Brian JosephsonBoth received Guthrie Medal and Prize
C. F. PowellBoth received Guthrie Medal and Prize
George PorterBoth received Honorary Doctorate from University of Lille-I
Ernst StuhlingerBoth received Rontgen-Preis
Abdus SalamBoth received Guthrie Medal and Prize
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