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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectJ. Hans D. Jensen
Dates
June 25, 1907 – February 11, 1973
Authorized Form of Name
Jensen, J. Hans D.
Additional Forms of Names
Jensen, Hans Daniel, 1907-1973
Jensen, J. H. D. (J. Hans D.)
Jensen, Johannes
Jensen, Johannes Hans Daniel, 1907-1973
Jensen, Jørn
Biography
Abstract
J. Hans D. Jensen was a nuclear physicist at the University of Heidelberg. He was awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Eugene Wigner and Maria Goeppert Mayer "for their discoveries concerning nuclear structure."
Important Dates
June 25, 1907Birth, Hamburg (Germany).
1932Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Hamburg (Universität Hamburg), Hamburg (Germany).
1932Scientific Assistant for Theoretical Physics, University of Hamburg (Universität Hamburg), Hamburg (Germany).
1936Obtained DSc in Physics, University of Hamburg (Universität Hamburg), Hamburg (Germany).
1937 – 1949Docent (1937-1941) and Professor of Theoretical Physics (1941-1949), University of Hanover (Technische Universität Hannover), Hannover (Germany).
1947Member, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften), Heidelberg (Germany).
1947Honorary Professor, University of Hamburg (Universität Hamburg), Hamburg (Germany).
1949 – 1969Professor of Physics (1949-1969) and Emeritus Praecox (1969), University of Heidelberg (Universität Heidelberg), Heidelberg (Germany).
1951Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1952Visiting Professor, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton University.
1952Visiting Professor, University of California Berkeley.
1953Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
1953Visiting Professor, University of California, San Diego.
1955Wrote "Elementary Theory of Nuclear Shell Structure".
1956Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota.
1960Member, Max Planck Gesellschaft.
1963Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics along with Eugene Wigner, Maria Goeppert Mayer "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure".
1964Member, Sacri Romani Imperii Academia Naturae Coriosorum.
1969Honorary Citizen, Fort Lauderdale.
February 11, 1973Death, Heidelberg (Germany).
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Lenz, Wilhelm
PhD advisor at University of Hamburg (Universität Hamburg).
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972
Shared 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure.
Weidenmuller, Hans A.
Advised by Jensen at University of Heidelberg (Universität Heidelberg).
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Shared 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure.
Additional
Medicus, Heinrich, 1918-
Rozental, S. (Stefan)
Suess, Hans Eduard, 1909-
Touschek, Bruno, 1921-
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Visiting Professor.
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Visiting Professor.
Technische Universität Hannover
Docent and Professor of Theoretical Physics.
Universität Hamburg
Obtained PhD in Physics (1932) and DSc in Physics (1936). Scientific Assistant Institute for Theoretical Physics and Honorary Professor.
Universität Heidelberg
Professor of Physics and Emeritus Praecox.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Visiting Professor.
University of California, San Diego. Department of Physics
Visiting Professor.
University of Minnesota. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Visiting Professor.
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Physics
Visiting Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
Member.
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Member.
Sacri Romani Imperii Caesareo-Leopoldina Naturae Curiosorum
Member.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Bruno Touschek papers, 1947-1978.
Dipartimento di Fisica
Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
Hans Eduard Suess papers, 1875-1989.
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
International Congress for Physics [motion picture]/ photographed by Heinrich Medicus.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joseph Edward Mayer papers, 1920-1983.
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Maria Goeppert Mayer papers, 1925-1973.
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Oral history interview with Thomas Lauritsen, 1967 February 16.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Stefan Rozental papers, circa 1940-1989.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Published Resources
Author
Elementary theory of nuclear shell structure/ [by] Maria Goeppert [and] J. Hans D. Jensen.