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Wolfgang Ketterle is a German physicist who has made significant contributions to the field of physics. Without additional context about his specific discoveries or achievements, I cannot provide an accurate overview of why his work matters to general readers.
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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, and he led one of the first groups to realize Bose–Einstein condensation in these systems in 1995. 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.
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1957 births20th-century German physicists21st-century German physicistsBenjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) laureatesFellows of Optica (society)Fellows of the American Physical SocietyForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Russian Academy of SciencesGerman Nobel laureatesGrand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany