Wolfgang Paul

About Wolfgang Paul

Who is it?: Physicist
Birth Day: August 10, 1913
Birth Place: Lorenzkirch, Saxony, German Empire, German
Alma mater: Technical University of Munich Technical University of Berlin University of Göttingen
Known for: Ion traps
Awards: Nobel Prize in physics (1989) Dirac Medal (1992)
Fields: Physics
Institutions: University of Bonn University of Kiel
Doctoral advisor: Hans Kopfermann

Wolfgang Paul

Wolfgang Paul was born on August 10, 1913 in Lorenzkirch, Saxony, German Empire, German, is Physicist. Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist who shared one-half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1989 with the German-born American physicist Hans G. Dehmelt. The other half of the prize was awarded to the American physicist Norman F. Ramsey. Paul received his share of the prize for his development of the Paul trap—an electromagnetic device that captures ions (electrically charged atoms) and holds them long enough for their properties to be accurately measured. His father was a professor of pharmaceutic chemistry, so Paul became familiar with the life of a scientist in a chemical laboratory quite early. Both his parents were in favor of humanistic education and Paul’s interest in science was awakened very early. After finishing the gymnasium in Munich with 9 years of Latin and 6 years of ancient Greek, history and philosophy, he decided to become a physicist. All through his student years he had very inspiring teachers who had a strong influence on his scientific thinking. His doctoral thesis was interrupted as the World War II was beginning and he was incorporated into the air force. Along with being a professor at the Bonn University for a long period he served as a member of many scientific committees in Germany and abroad.
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As per our current Database, Wolfgang Paul has been died on 7 December 1993(1993-12-07) (aged 80)\nBonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Occupation Scientists
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born August 10, 1913 (Lorenzkirch, Saxony, German Empire, German)
Birthday August 10
Town/City Lorenzkirch, Saxony, German Empire, German
Nationality German

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1913

Wolfgang Paul was born on 10 August 1913 in Lorenzkirch, Germany. He grew up in Munich where his father was a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry. After the first few years at the Technical University of Munich, he changed to the Technical University of Berlin in 1934 where he finished his Diploma in 1937 at the group of Hans Geiger. He followed his doctorate adviser Hans Kopfermann to the University of Kiel and after being drafted to the air force he finished his PhD in 1940 at the Technical University of Berlin.

1950

He developed techniques for trapping charged particles mass spectrometry by electric quadrupole fields in the 1950s. Paul traps are used extensively today to contain and study ions. He developed molecular beam lenses and worked on a 500 MeV electron synchrotron, followed by one at 2500 MeV in 1965. Later he worked on containing slow neutrons in magnetic storage rings, measuring the free neutron lifetime.

1952

For several years he was a private lecturer at the University of Göttingen with Hans Kopfermann. He became a professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Bonn and stayed there from 1952 until 1993. For two years from 1965 to 1967 he was Director of the Division of Nuclear Physics at CERN.

1957

In 1957, Paul was a signatory of the Göttingen Manifesto, a declaration of 18 leading nuclear Scientists of West Germany against arming the West German army with tactical nuclear weapons.

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