Wolfgang Ketterle
Wolfgang Ketterle | |
|---|---|
 Wolfgang Ketterle at a symposium at Brown University, 2007 | |
| Born | 21 October 1957 |
| Nationality | Germany, United States |
| Alma mater | Heidelberg TUM LMU Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics |
| Known for | Bose–Einstein condensates |
| Awards | Benjamin Franklin Medal(2000) Nobel Prize for Physics(2001) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Heidelberg MIT |
| Doctoral advisor | Herbert Walther Hartmut Figger |
| Doctoral students | Kendall B. Davis Marc-Oliver Mewes Dan Stamper-Kurn Martin Zwierlein |
Wolfgang Ketterle(born 21 October 1957) is aGermanphysicist.He is a professor ofphysicsat theMassachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT). His works focused on experiments that trap andcoolatomsto temperatures close toabsolute zero.[1]
He won theNobel Prize in Physicsin 2001, together withEric Allin CornellandCarl Wieman.[2]
References[change|change source]
- ↑"Wolfgang Ketterle".MIT Department of Physics.Retrieved27 October2014.
- ↑"Nobel Prize in Physics 2001".Nobelprize.org.Nobel Media.Retrieved27 October2014.
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