Adolf Smekal

Gustav Adolph Stephan Smekal (born 12 September 1895 in Vienna, † March 7, 1959 in Graz) was an Austrian physicist. He said the Smekal Raman effect ahead.

Life

Smekal was the son of a general and studied at the University of Vienna and the University of Graz physics and chemistry. After his habilitation at Michael Radakovic he undertook further studies in physics and chemistry at the University of Berlin. From 1919 he was an assistant in Vienna and in 1920 he completed his habilitation in theoretical and experimental physics under Gustav Jäger. He was a professor in Vienna, at the University of Halle, the TH Darmstadt and in Graz.

Smekal focused on solid state physics and said in 1923 the existence of stray lines with frequencies shifted forward, confirmed in 1928 by CV Raman and Raman called or Raman Smekal effect today. Later he examined the influence of crystal defects on the solid state, the crystal properties with respect to catalytic properties, conductivity and mechanical strength.

Although he was a theorist, he saw to it that in the 1920s at the University of Vienna a degree in Technical Physics was created, then the demand for much-needed professionals satisfied, for example, in tube electronics. The training was well received ..

Works

  • (Ed. :) Part 1 quantum theory. and Part 2 Structure of the related matter. In: Encyclopedia of Physics. Volume 24 Edit by H. Bethe [u a ], Julius Springer, Berlin 1933 (2nd edition)
  • General principles of quantum statistics and quantum theory. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1926 ( Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences )
  • For the defective structure of the X- series. ( Preliminary communication ), Out of the 2 physics. Institute of the University in Vienna. [ Dept.: Academy d Sciences ], A. Hölder, Vienna 1921
  • About Rutherford 's X, and the deviations from the Coulomb law in close proximity of each of the elementary electric charge. [ Dept.: ] Academy of Sciences, A. Hölder, Vienna 1921
  • About the dimensions of a- particles and the deviations from the Coulomb law in great proximity of electrical charges. A. Hölder, Vienna 1920 [ ed 1921 ]
  • On the thermodynamics of condensed systems. Hölder, Vienna 1915
  • On the theory of X-ray spectra. On the question of the electron arrangement in the atom. Hölder, Vienna o.J.
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