Arnold Sommerfeld

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German physicist human theoretical physicist university teacher

Arnold Sommerfeld was a pioneering German theoretical physicist whose work in atomic and quantum theory significantly shaped modern physics and influenced generations of prominent scientists.

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Arnold Sommerfeld canonical 33
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Predicate Object
instanceOf German physicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree doctorate in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Max Planck Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications from a traffic accident ⓘ
citizenship German Empire ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
countryOfBirth Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
countryOfDeath Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1868-12-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1951-04-26 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Ferdinand von Lindemann ⓘ
educatedAt University of Königsberg ⓘ
employer RWTH Aachen University ⓘ
University of Göttingen ⓘ
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ
surface form: University of Munich
familyName Arnold Sommerfeld self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sommerfeld
fieldOfWork atomic physics ⓘ
electrodynamics ⓘ
quantum theory ⓘ
theory of relativity ⓘ
surface form: relativity theory

solid-state physics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
givenName Arnold ⓘ
knownFor Sommerfeld expansion in statistical mechanics ⓘ
Sommerfeld fine-structure formula ⓘ
Bohr model of the atom ⓘ
surface form: Sommerfeld model of the atom

Sommerfeld quantization rules ⓘ
Sommerfeld radiation condition ⓘ
Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory ⓘ
Sommerfeld quantization rules ⓘ
surface form: Sommerfeld–Wilson quantization

contributions to the theory of X‑ray spectra ⓘ
extension of Bohr atomic model ⓘ
introduction of elliptical electron orbits ⓘ
relativistic corrections to atomic spectra ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ
Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Arnold Sommerfeld self-link ⓘ
notableStudent Alfred Landé ⓘ
Hans Bethe ⓘ
I. I. Rabi ⓘ
surface form: Isidor Isaac Rabi

Linus Pauling ⓘ
Peter Debye ⓘ
Werner Heisenberg ⓘ
Wolfgang Pauli ⓘ
notableWork Atombau und Spektrallinien ⓘ
placeOfBirth Königsberg ⓘ
placeOfDeath Munich ⓘ
positionHeld professor of theoretical physics at the University of Munich ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ

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Hermann Minkowski → doctoralStudent → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
I. I. Rabi → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Hans Bethe → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Max Planck Medal → hasRecipient → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Helmholtz Medal → hasRecipient → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Werner Heisenberg → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Werner Heisenberg → influencedBy → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Ferdinand von Lindemann → doctoralStudent → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Leopold Infeld → hasAcademicAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Arnold Sommerfeld → name → Arnold Sommerfeld self-link ⓘ
Arnold Sommerfeld → familyName → Arnold Sommerfeld self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sommerfeld
Wolfgang Pauli → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Wolfgang Pauli → influencedBy → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Otto Laporte → hasAcademicAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Otto Laporte → influencedBy → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Bethe → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
subject surface form: Hans Bethe
Meghnad Saha → hasAcademicAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Peter Debye → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Albertus University → employed → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Hans Geiger → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Sommerfeld fine-structure formula → namedAfter → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Sommerfeld fine-structure formula → developedBy → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Sommerfeld quantization rules → namedAfter → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Sommerfeld quantization rules → formulatedBy → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Sommerfeld expansion in statistical mechanics → namedAfter → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Sommerfeld radiation condition → namedAfter → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Sommerfeld–Brillouin precursor theory → introducedBy → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Atombau und Spektrallinien → author → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Wilhelm Lenz → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Wilhelm Lenz → influencedBy → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Isidor Isaac → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
subject surface form: Isidor Isaac Rabi
Paul S. Epstein → influencedBy → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Karl Herzfeld → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
Fritz → doctoralAdvisor → Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ
subject surface form: Fritz London