Fritz Sauter

Fritz Sauter
Born(1906-06-09)9 June 1906
Died24 May 1983(1983-05-24) (aged 76)
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Innsbruck
Known forSauter equation
Sauter–Schwinger effect
Sauter–Schwinger limit
Spinors
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsUniversity of Munich
Technische Universität Berlin
University of Königsberg
Doctoral advisorArthur March
Other academic advisorsArnold Sommerfeld
Richard Becker
Doctoral studentsHerbert Kroemer
Friedrich Bopp

Fritz Eduard Josef Maria Sauter (German: [ˈzaʊtɐ]; 9 June 1906 – 24 May 1983) was an Austrian-German physicist who worked mostly in quantum electrodynamics and solid-state physics.