The Rudolf Mössbauer Story

Along with its coverage of the history and development of Mössbauer's Nobel-winning research, this volume features expert reviews of the many applications of the 'Mössbauer effect' in a plethora of sciences, including physics, chemistry, biology and medicine.

The Rudolf Mössbauer Story recounts the history of the discovery of the Mössbauer Effect in 1958 by Rudolf Mössbauer as a graduate student of Heinz Maier-Leibnitz for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1961 when he was 32 years old. The development of numerous applications of the Mössbauer Effect in many fields of sciences , such as physics, chemistry, biology and medicine is reviewed by experts who contributed to this wide spread research. In 1978 Mössbauer focused his research interest on a new field Neutrino Oscillations and later on the study of the properties of the neutrinos emitted by the sun.

Displays a unique summary of the work of the Nobel laureate

Rudolf Moessbauer Presents the basics, development and application of Moessbauer methods

Gives an outlook to the development of related new techniques

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paul Kienle war von 2002 - 2004 Direktor des Stefan-Meyer-Instituts für subatomare Physik der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Frühere Stationen seiner Laufbahn: Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Strahlen und Kernphysik an der TH Darmstadt (1963-65), anschließend Professor für Experimentalphysik an der TU München bis zur Emeritierung (1999). Aufbau des Beschleunigerlaboratoriums der LMU und TU München mit Ulrich Meyer Berkhout (1965-71). Als Direktor der GSI Darmstadt Ausbau der Beschleuniger mit einem Synchrotron und Speicherring für schwere Ionen (1984-92). Humboldt-Preis der Republik Frankreich und Forschungspreis der Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen auf dem Gebiet der Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Lehrbücher der Physik und andere wissenschaftliche Bücher.

Inhalt
How the Mössbauer Story started in Munich.- Discovery of the Mössbauer-Effect and its Early History.- Discovery of the Recoil Free Resonance Absorption of Gamma-Rays.- The Iridium and Early Iron Age.- Identification of Hyperfine Interactions in the Mössbauer Spectra.- Other Important Mössbauer Transitions.- CALTECH Years of Rudolf Mössbauer.- Selected Highlights of Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- Determination of the Nuclear Parameters of Many Mössbauer-Transitions.- Isomer Shifts in Solid State Chemistry.- Internal Fields.- Time-Dependent Effect.- Medical and Biological Applications.- Relativistic Effects.- Mössbauer Effect with Synchrotron Radiation.- Outlook.- Mössbauer Effect with Neutrinos.- Dreams with Synchrotron Radiation.- Neutrino Oscillations - The Second Love of Mössbauer.- The Second Mössbauer Effect.