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Wolfgang Paul

Wolfgang Paul
Born(1913-08-10)10 August 1913
Died7 December 1993(1993-12-07) (aged 80)
NationalityGermany
Alma materTechnical University of Munich
Technical University of Berlin
University of Göttingen
Known forIon traps
AwardsNobel Prize in physics (1989)
Dirac Medal (1992)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Bonn
University of Kiel
Doctoral advisorHans Kopfermann
Notes
He humorously referred to Wolfgang Pauli as his "imaginary part".[1]

Wolfgang Paul (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈpaʊ̯l] (audio speaker iconlisten); 10 August 1913 – 7 December 1993) was a German professor awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989.

  1. Gerald E. Brown and Chang-Hwan Lee (2006): Hans Bethe and His Physics, World Scientific, ISBN 981-256-610-4, p. 338

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