Hans Georg Dehmelt
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Hans Georg Dehmelt was a German-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the development of the ion trap technique and precision measurements of subatomic particles.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hans Georg Dehmelt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6660412 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans Georg Dehmelt Context triple: [Wolfgang Paul, sharesAwardWith, Hans Georg Dehmelt]
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A.
Wolfgang Paul
Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for developing the Paul trap for confining charged particles.
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B.
Heinrich Rohrer
Heinrich Rohrer was a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the scanning tunneling microscope, a breakthrough in nanotechnology and surface science.
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C.
Rudolf Mössbauer
Rudolf Mössbauer was a German physicist best known for discovering the Mössbauer effect, which earned him the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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D.
I. I. Rabi
I. I. Rabi was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and contributions to quantum physics.
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E.
Hans D. Jensen
Hans D. Jensen was a German nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-developing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans Georg Dehmelt Target entity description: Hans Georg Dehmelt was a German-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the development of the ion trap technique and precision measurements of subatomic particles.
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A.
Wolfgang Paul
Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for developing the Paul trap for confining charged particles.
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B.
Heinrich Rohrer
Heinrich Rohrer was a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the scanning tunneling microscope, a breakthrough in nanotechnology and surface science.
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C.
Rudolf Mössbauer
Rudolf Mössbauer was a German physicist best known for discovering the Mössbauer effect, which earned him the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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D.
I. I. Rabi
I. I. Rabi was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and contributions to quantum physics.
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E.
Hans D. Jensen
Hans D. Jensen was a German nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-developing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
ⓘ
human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Medal of Science
ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-09-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-03-07 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Hans Kopfermann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Breslau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Göttingen ⓘ |
| employer | University of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Dehmelt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
atomic physics
ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Hans Georg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of ion trap techniques
ⓘ
precision measurements of subatomic particles ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| lifecycleStatus | deceased ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Physical Society
ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| militaryService | German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Hans Georg Dehmelt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for the development of the ion trap technique ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first isolation of a single electron in a trap
ⓘ
high-precision measurement of the electron g-factor ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Penning trap
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ion trap technique ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Görlitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
Norman F. Ramsey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolfgang Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Hans Georg Dehmelt Description of subject: Hans Georg Dehmelt was a German-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the development of the ion trap technique and precision measurements of subatomic particles.
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