Wolfgang Ketterle
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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]
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Born | (1957-10-21) 21 October 1957 (age 66) |
Nationality | Germany, United States |
Alma mater | Heidelberg TUM LMU 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) |
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Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Heidelberg MIT |
Doctoral advisor | Herbert Walther Hartmut Figger |
Doctoral students | Martin Zwierlein |
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