Jochen Heisenberg (born 16 May 1939) is a German physicist specializing in nuclear physics, and Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of New Hampshire. He is the son of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Werner Heisenberg, who was a co-founder of the quantum mechanics, and who, in particular, introduced the uncertainty principle. He is the brother of German neurobiologist and geneticist Martin Heisenberg and the uncle of film director Benjamin Heisenberg.
Jochen Heisenberg | |
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| Born | 16 May 1939 |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | University of Munich University of Hamburg |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of New Hampshire |
| Doctoral advisor | Willibald Jentschke |
Professional career
editHeisenberg studied physics with Willibald Jentschke at the University of Hamburg and received his PhD in 1968. He then spent a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. From 1970 to 1978, he was a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
During his early career at Stanford and MIT, Heisenberg participated in numerous experimental studies of nuclear reactions. Using the Bates Linear Accelerator, he published numerous papers on electroexcitations.[1] After his move to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), he began to study methods for theoretical prediction of such reactions. During the past ten years,[when?] he has been active in the development of computational models of large nuclei and has published several papers on these topics.[2]
Historical perspectives
editHeisenberg has spoken several times to provide a historical perspective on the activities of his father during and after World War II. He has been invited to comment on Michael Frayn's well-known play Copenhagen[3] and has published his perspectives on his father's activities.[4] He maintained an informational website containing biographical information and reference material on Werner Heisenberg.
References
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Papanicolas, CN and Heisenberg, J. and Lichtenstadt, J. and McCarthy, JS (1981). "High multipolarity electroexcitations in 207Pb and 206Pb". Physics Letters B. 99 (2). Elsevier: 96–100. Bibcode:1981PhLB...99...96P. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(81)90958-8.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mihaila, B.; Heisenberg, J.H. (2000). "Ground state correlations and mean field in 16O. II. Effects of a three-nucleon interaction". Physical Review C. 61 (5). APS: 54309. arXiv:nucl-th/9912023. Bibcode:2000PhRvC..61e4309M. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.61.054309. S2CID 119081245.
- ^ Heisenberg, J. (2004). "Frayn's "Heisenberg": Fact or fiction?". Resonance. 9 (8). Springer: 90–98. doi:10.1007/BF02837584. S2CID 121033659.
- ^ Heisenberg, J. (2005). "Personal Reflections". Resonance. 10 (1). Springer: 93–96. doi:10.1007/BF02835899. S2CID 26665559.