Hans-Jürgen Stöckmann (8 January 1945 in
Göttingen
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General information
The ori ...
, Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German physicist who works in the area of
quantum chaos
Quantum chaos is a branch of physics which studies how chaotic classical dynamical systems can be described in terms of quantum theory. The primary question that quantum chaos seeks to answer is: "What is the relationship between quantum mech ...
. He is a professor at the
University of Marburg
The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...
, Germany.
He is the son of the physicist
Fritz Stöckmann. Stöckmann had studied physics at
Heidelberg University
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and received his doctorate there in 1972. Since 1979 he is a Professor of experimental Physics at the University of Marburg.
Contributions
He had developed a brilliant
microwave
Microwave is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from about one meter to one millimeter corresponding to frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz respectively. Different sources define different frequency ra ...
experimental technique for the study of quantum chaos. He had analyzed the behavior of quantum mechanical wave functions using microwaves in different resonator geometries. His technique was revolutionary in the field of experimental Quantum chaos. He has coauthored articles with
Eric J. Heller,
Marko Robnik ,
Uzy Smilansky,
Fritz Haake
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridoli ...
, etc. He had written a scholarpedia article title
Microwave billiards and quantum chaos
Books
He is an author of a well known book on quantum chaos title
Quantum Chaos: An Introduction
Together with
Dirk Dubbers, he has coauthored another book title
Quantum Physics: The Bottom-Up Approach
References
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External links
His research group at the University of MarburgHis page
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Living people
20th-century German physicists
Chaos theorists
Academic staff of the University of Marburg
Heidelberg University alumni
1945 births
21st-century German physicists