Herwig Schopper | |
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.jpg) Schopper in 1982 | |
| Born | 28 February 1924 |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Known for | First polarised proton beam Circular polarisation of gamma-rays following beta decay Hadron calorimeter Superconducting cavities High energy e-p scattering |
| Awards | Carus Medal of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1957)[1] Order of Friendship of the Russian Federation (1996) Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic Germany (1989) Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence (2003) UNESCO Albert Einstein Gold Medal (2004) UNESCO Niels Bohr Gold Medal (2005) AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy (2019) [2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Optics Nuclear physics Particle physics Accelerator technology |
| Institutions | DESY CERN SESAME University of Erlangen University of Mainz University of Karlsruhe University of Hamburg |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Lenz, Rudolf Fleischmann |
Herwig Franz Schopper (born 28 February 1924) is a German experimental physicist. He was the director general of CERN from 1981 to 1988.[3][4]
- ^ "Carus-Medaille". Leopoldina. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Architects of Cooperative Middle Eastern Research Center Receive 2019 AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Schopper, Herwig; Gillies, James (2024). "Herwig Schopper". Springer Biographies. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-51042-7. ISBN 978-3-031-51041-0. ISSN 2365-0613.
- ^ "Herwig Schopper - Curriculum Vitae". Academia Europaea. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2016.