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German physicist

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Horst Ludwig Störmer is a German physicist who made significant contributions to the field of physics. While the specific details of his work are not provided, his recognition as a notable physicist indicates he conducted important research that advanced scientific understanding.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1998

    “for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations”

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human
Given name
Ludwig
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Frankfurt
Position held
professor
Languages spoken
German
Field of work
physics
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Horst Ludwig Störmer
date of birth
1949-04-06
Erdős number
7
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Encyclopedic overview

Horst Ludwig Störmer ( German pronunciation: [ˈhɔʁst ˈluːtvɪç ˈʃtœʁmɐ] ; born April 6, 1949) is a German physicist, Nobel laureate and emeritus professor at Columbia University. He was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Daniel Tsui and Robert Laughlin "for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations" (the fractional quantum Hall effect). He and Tsui were working at Bell Labs at the time of the experiment cited by the Nobel committee.

Biography

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