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Archival as SubjectPublished as SubjectRudolf L. Mössbauer
Dates
January 31, 1929 – September 14, 2011
Authorized Form of Name
Mössbauer, Rudolf L. (Rudolf Ludwig), 1929-
Additional Forms of Names
Mossbauer, Rudolf L. (Rudolf Ludwig), 1929-2011
Biography
Abstract
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1961 "for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name." He held positions at the Technical University of Munich, the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, the Institute Max von Laue-Paul Langevin, and the California Institute of Technology.
Important Dates
January 31, 1929Birth, Munich (Germany).
1952Obtained undergraduate degree, Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München), Munich (Germany).
1953Assistant Lecturer, Institute of Mathematics (1953), Technical University in Munich (Technische Universität München), Munich (Germany).
1953 – 1954Doctoral thesis work, Institute for Physics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Heidelberg (Germany).
1958Provided experimental evidence for existence of Recoilless Nuclear Resonance Absorption, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg (Germany).
1958Obtained PhD, Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München), Munich (Germany).
1959Scientific Assistant, Technical University in Munich (Technische Universität München).
1960Awarded Prize of the Research Corporation, Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement.
1960 – 1963Senior Research Fellow (1960), and Professor of Physics (1962), Calfornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1961Awarded Elliot Cresson Medal, Franklin Institute.
1961Awarded Röntgen Prize, University of Giessen.
1961Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name".
1963 – 1997Professor of Physics (1963), and Professor Emeritus, Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München), Munich (Germany).
1972 – 1977Director, Institute Max von Laue-Paul Langevin, Grenoble (France).
September 14, 2011Death, Grünwald (Germany).
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Employment
Graduate Education
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Braun, Christel
Second wife.
Ernst, Erna
Mother.
Mössbauer, Ludwig
Father.
Mössbauer, Peter
Son.
Mössbauer, Regine
Daughter.
Mössbauer, Susi
Daughter.
Pritz, Elisabeth
First wife.
Advisors & Collaborators
Maier-Leibnitz, Heinz
Doctoral advisor at the Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München).
Additional
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Both awarded 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics for separate projects.
Vogel, Petr
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Physics.
Institut Laue-Langevin
Director.
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Doctoral thesis researcher.
Technische Universität München
Received undergraduate degree (1955) and PhD (1958). Assistant lecturer, Institute of Mathematics; Ph.D (1958); Scientific Assistant; Professor of Physics; and Professor emeritus.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Awarded Elliot Cresson Medal (1961).
Justus Liebig-Universität Giessen
Awarded Röntgen Prize (1961).
Research Corporation
Awarded Prize of the Research Corporation (1960)
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Banquet addresses and conference sessions [sound recording]
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Nobel laureates on scientific research project: oral history, 1964.
Oral History Research Office
Columbia University
Box 20, Room 801 Butler Library, New York, NY 10027, USA
Oral History interview with Petr Vogel, 2002 December 16 and 2003 Janurary 16.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral History interview with Robert V. Pound, 2003 May 22 and 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Selected talks from the International Conference on the History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics [sound recording] /1994.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA