Robert Ochsenfeld

Robert Ochs Field ( born May 18, 1901 in Hausen Helber, † December 5, 1993 ) was a German physicist. Ochs field discovered in 1933 together with Walter Meissner the Meissner effect.

Life

After studying physics in Marburg Ochs field received his doctorate in 1932 with a thesis on the occurrence of ferromagnetism. As part of a support program that called itself " young graduates help," Ochs field came the end of 1932 at the Physikalisch -Technische Reich (PTR ) in Berlin to William Steinhaus and then in the laboratory headed by Meissner cold. This belonged to the world's most important laboratories in which experimental low temperature physics was possible; For this purpose, a plant for liquefying helium had been put into operation in 1925. The experiments that led to the discovery of the Meissner effect had, Max von Laue suggested that the theory was advisor to the PTR at the time. Meissner left in the spring of 1934, the PTR to follow a call to the Technical University in Munich; about the same time was Ochs field clerk in the education service.

After the end of World War II Ochs field was instrumental in setting up a laboratory for magnetic materials of the PTR, Physical- Technical Institute (PTA ) and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt ( PTB), continued to work on issues of ferromagnetic materials and was the end of his term of service (1966 ) Head of Department " basic units and material constants ".

Writings

• The occurrence of ferromagnetism in the system manganese - nitrogen. In: Annals of Physics, Part 5, Volume 12, Issue 3: pp. 253-384. ( Philosophical Dissertation of the University of Marburg)
• W. Meissner; R. Ochs field: A new effect upon the occurrence of superconductivity. In: The Science, 21 (1933 ): p 787