Paul Söding

Paul Söding ( born 1933 in Dresden) is a German physicist who is known primarily for his work in the field of experimental particle physics.

Life and work

Paul Söding studied physics at the Universities of Hamburg and Munich. In Hamburg, he was one of the first graduates of Willibald Jentschke. In 1964 he was at the University of Hamburg with the work of elastic scattering and single - pion production by pp interactions at 3.6 GeV / c. doctorate. He subsequently did research at the University of California, Berkeley, Cornell University in New York and at the European Nuclear Research CERN.

In 1969, he was Chief Scientist at the German Electron Synchrotron ( DESY) in Hamburg. There, he succeeded with his colleagues in 1979 with the particle " PETRA " proof of a gluon. From 1982 to 1991 he served as director of research in particular for the construction of the storage ring facility " HERA ".

In 1992, the former Institute of High Energy Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR in Zeuthen has been transformed into a site of DESY. Paul Söding moved to King Wustershausen and took over the management of the facility in Zeuthen. It is " ... succeeded by his efforts ... to bring the research Zeuthen into a globally recognized position. "

In 1998 he became Professor Emeritus. He is still working at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

Awards

Writings

• Elastic scattering and single - pion production by pp interactions at 3.6 GeV / c. Dissertation. University of Hamburg in 1964.
• Erich Lohrmann: From fast particles and bright light. 50 years Deutsches Elektronen -Synchrotron DESY. Wiley -VCH, Weinheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-527-40990-7.