Wolfgang Ketterle | |
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 Ketterle at a symposium at Brown University, 2007 | |
| Born | 21 October 1957 |
| Nationality | Germany, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Heidelberg Technical University of Munich University of Munich Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics |
| Known for | Atom laser Bose–Einstein condensates Spinor condensate |
| Awards | I. I. Rabi Prize (1997) Dannie Heineman Prize (1999) Fritz London Memorial Prize (1999) Benjamin Franklin Medal (2000) Nobel Prize for Physics (2001) Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Heidelberg Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Herbert Walther Hartmut Figger |
| Doctoral students | Martin Zwierlein |
Wolfgang Ketterle (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈkɛtɐlə] ; born 21 October 1957) is a German physicist and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research has focused on experiments that trap and cool atoms to temperatures close to absolute zero,[1] and he led one of the first groups to realize Bose–Einstein condensation in these systems in 1995.[2] For this achievement, as well as early fundamental studies of condensates, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001, together with Eric Allin Cornell and Carl Wieman.[3]
- ^ "Wolfgang Ketterle". MIT Department of Physics. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ Shachtman, Tom (January 2008). "The Coldest Place in the Universe". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Nobel Prize in Physics 2001". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media. Retrieved 27 October 2014.