Adolf Gustav Stephan Smekal (12 September 1895 – 7 March 1959) was an Austrian theoretical physicist, with interests in
solid state physics
Solid-state physics is the study of rigid matter, or solids, through methods such as quantum mechanics, crystallography, electromagnetism, and metallurgy. It is the largest branch of condensed matter physics. Solid-state physics studies how the l ...
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["The historical development of quantum theory", by Jagdish Mehra, Helmut Rechenberg]
p. 327, biographical note
/ref> known for the prediction of the inelastic scattering of photons (the Raman effect).[A. Smekal. 1943. Zur Quantentheorie der Dispersion. ''Die Naturwissenschaften'' 11(43): 873-875 .]
Adolf Smekal studied at the Vienna College of Technology (1912–1913), received his doctorate from the University of Graz (1913–1917), and then studied at the University of Berlin (1917–1919).
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1895 births
1959 deaths
Austrian physicists
TU Wien alumni
University of Graz alumni
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
Academics of the University of Graz
Academics of the University of Vienna
University of Halle faculty