Wolfgang Paul

Wolfgang Paul (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈpaʊ̯l] ; 10 August 1913 – 7 December 1993) was a German physicist, who co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter which laid the foundation for what is now called an ion trap. He shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for this work with Hans Georg Dehmelt; the other half of the Prize in that year was awarded to Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr.

Notable works: quadrupole ion trap Awards: Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Nobel Prize in Physics, Robert Wichard Pohl Prize, Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics, honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala, honorary doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, honorary doctor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Education: Technische Universität Berlin, Technical University of Munich

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