Mossbauer, << MAWS bow uhr, >> Rudolf Ludwig (1929-2011), a German physicist, shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in physics for research into gamma rays. He discovered the “Mossbauer Effect,” a method of producing gamma rays with a precise, predictable wavelength. This enables physicists to use gamma radiation to make precise measurements. The “Mossbauer Effect” was later used to confirm some predictions made by Albert Einstein in his relativity theory. Mossbauer was born in Munich on Jan. 31, 1929, and received his Ph.D. from the technical institute there. He became professor of experimental physics at the institute (now called the Technical University of Munich) in 1964. He died on Sept. 14, 2011.
See also Gamma rays .
