Hans Kramers
Dutch physicist (1894–1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hendrik Anthony "Hans" Kramers (17 December 1894 – 24 April 1952) was a Dutch physicist who worked with Niels Bohr to understand how electromagnetic waves interact with matter and made important contributions to quantum mechanics and statistical physics.
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Hans Kramers | |
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Born | Hendrik Anthony Kramers (1894-12-17)17 December 1894 |
Died | 24 April 1952(1952-04-24) (aged 58) Oegstgeest, Netherlands |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | Leiden University |
Known for | Kramers transition matrix Kramers theory of reaction rates Kramers' law Kramers' opacity law Kramers' degeneracy theorem Kramers–Anderson superexchange Kramers–Gaunt factor Kramers–Heisenberg formula Kramers–Kronig relations Kramers-Moyal expansion Kramers–Wannier duality Bohr–Kramers–Slater theory Klein–Kramers equation Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin approximation Chain reaction Thermoacoustics Transfer-matrix method |
Awards | Lorentz Medal (1947) Hughes Medal (1951) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Doctoral advisor | Niels Bohr Paul Ehrenfest |
Doctoral students | Dirk ter Haar Nico van Kampen Tjalling Koopmans |
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