Hans Kramers | |
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 Hans Kramers in July-August 1928, Ann Arbor | |
| Born | Hendrik Anthony Kramers 17 December 1894 |
| Died | 24 April 1952 (aged 57) Oegstgeest, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Known for | Kramers transition matrix Kramers theory of reaction rates Kramers' law Kramers' opacity law Kramers' degeneracy theorem Kramers–Anderson superexchange Kramers–Gaunt factor Kramers–Heisenberg formula Kramers–Henneberger frame Kramers–Kronig relations Kramers-Moyal expansion Kramers–Wannier duality Bohr–Kramers–Slater theory Klein–Kramers equation Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin approximation Chain reaction Thermoacoustics Transfer-matrix method |
| Awards | Lorentz Medal (1947) Hughes Medal (1951) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Doctoral advisor | Niels Bohr Paul Ehrenfest |
| Doctoral students | Dirk ter Haar Nico van Kampen Tjalling Koopmans |
Hendrik Anthony "Hans" Kramers (17 December 1894 – 24 April 1952) was a Dutch physicist who worked with Niels Bohr to understand how electromagnetic waves interact with matter and made important contributions to quantum mechanics and statistical physics.