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Wolfgang Paul

German physicist (1913-1993) · Germany · Scientists · Died at 80

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Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist, who co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter which laid the foundation for what is now called an ion trap.

A life in dates

1993Died7 December 19931992Dirac Medal for the Advancement of PhysicsAward1989Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardNobel Prize in PhysicsAwardRobert Wichard Pohl PrizeAward1913Born10 August 1913

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Awards

Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics1992
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1989
Nobel Prize in Physics1989
Robert Wichard Pohl Prize1989
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Honorary Doctor of the University of Uppsala
Honorary Doctor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Spouse: Doris Paul

About this person

Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist, who co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter which laid the foundation for what is now called an ion trap. He shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for this work with Hans Georg Dehmelt; the other half of the Prize in that year was awarded to Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr.

Country
Germany
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1993 · aged 80

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