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Arnold Sommerfeld
Sommerfeld in 1897
Born
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld
(1868-12-05)5 December 1868
Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died
26 April 1951(1951-04-26) (aged 82)
Munich, West Germany
Alma mater
University of Königsberg
Known for
Sommerfeld coefficient
Sommerfeld effect
Sommerfeld expansion
Sommerfeld identity
Sommerfeld number
Sommerfeld parameter
Sommerfeld precursor
Sommerfeld radiation condition
Sommerfeld's approximation
Sommerfeld's constant
Sommerfeld–Kossel displacement
Sommerfeld–Runge method
Sommerfeld–Wilson quantization
Sommerfeld–Bohr theory
Sommerfeld–Gobau line
Sommerfeld–Watson representation
Sommerfeld–Zeneck surface wave
Drude–Sommerfeld model
Grimm–Sommerfeld rule
Orr–Sommerfeld equation
Rayleigh–Sommerfeld diffraction theory
Azimuthal quantum number
Magnetic quantum number
Group velocity
Momentum operator
Hyperbolic motion in relativity
Tachyonic antitelephone
Awards
Matteucci Medal (1924)
Max-Planck Medal (1931)
James Scott Prize Lectureship (1933)
Lorentz Medal (1939)
Oersted Medal (1949)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1926)[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Physics
Institutions
University of Göttingen
Technische Universität Clausthal
University of Aachen
University of Munich
Thesis
The arbitrary functions in mathematical physics (1891)
Doctoral advisor
Ferdinand von Lindemann
Doctoral students
Karl Bechert
Hans Bethe
Hermann Brück
Peter Debye
Paul Sophus Epstein
Paul Peter Ewald
Eugene Feenberg
Herbert Fröhlich
Erwin Fues
Ernst Guillemin
Werner Heisenberg
Karl Herzfeld
Helmut Hönl
Ludwig Hopf
Walther Kossel
Adolf Kratzer
Alfred Landé
Otto Laporte
Wilhelm Lenz
Karl Meissner
Wolfgang Pauli
Rudolf Peierls
Walter Rogowski
Rudolf Seeliger
Ernst C. Stückelberg
Heinrich Welker
Gregor Wentzel
Other notable students
Herbert Kroemer
Linus Pauling
Isidor I. Rabi
Walter Heitler
Werner Romberg
Max von Laue
William Allis
Carl Eckart
Edwin C. Kemble
William V. Houston
Edward Condon
Philip M. Morse
Howard Robertson
Wojciech Rubinowicz
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Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld, ForMemRS[1] (German:[ˈzɔmɐˌfɛlt]; 5 December 1868 – 26 April 1951) was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and mentored many students for the new era of theoretical physics. He served as doctoral supervisor and postdoc supervisor to seven Nobel Prize winners and supervised at least 30 other famous physicists and chemists. Only J. J. Thomson's record of mentorship offers a comparable list of high-achieving students.
He introduced the second quantum number, azimuthal quantum number, and the third quantum number, magnetic quantum number[citation needed]. He also introduced the fine-structure constant and pioneered X-ray wave theory.
^ abBorn, Max (1952). "Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld. 1868–1951". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 8 (21): 274–296. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1952.0018. JSTOR 768813. S2CID 161998194.
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