The Austrian Physical Society () is the national physical society of
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
.
History
Until 1938, Austrian physicists were part of the
German Physical Society
The German Physical Society (German: , DPG) is the oldest organisation of physicists. As of 2022, the DPG's worldwide membership is cited as 52,220, making it one of the largest national physics societies in the world. The DPG's membership peaked ...
. On 13 December 1950, it was decided to found a separate society for Austria and
Fritz Kohlrausch was elected as first president in 1951.
Prizes
Every year it awards a prize to a promising young physicist. Alternating every year, this is the
Ludwig Boltzmann Prize for
theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain, and predict List of natural phenomena, natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental p ...
and the
Fritz Kohlrausch Prize for
experimental physics
Experimental physics is the category of disciplines and sub-disciplines in the field of physics that are concerned with the observation of physical phenomena and experiments. Methods vary from discipline to discipline, from simple experiments and o ...
.
See also
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Lise Meitner Lectures
References
External links
Official website
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Physics societies
Scientific organisations based in Austria
Scientific organizations established in 1950
1950 establishments in Austria