Horst Störmer
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Horst Störmer is a German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate recognized for his pioneering work on the fractional quantum Hall effect.
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| Horst Störmer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horst Störmer Context triple: [University of Stuttgart, hasNotableAlumni, Horst Störmer]
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A.
Klaus von Klitzing
Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist best known for discovering the quantum Hall effect, for which he received the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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B.
Hans Georg Dehmelt
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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C.
Ralph Ginzburg
Ralph Ginzburg was an American publisher, editor, and writer known for his provocative magazines and for being at the center of landmark U.S. obscenity and free speech court cases in the 1960s.
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D.
Herbert Kroemer
Herbert Kroemer is a German-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in semiconductor heterostructures and high-speed electronic devices.
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E.
Wolfgang Paul
Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for developing the Paul trap for confining charged particles.
- 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: Horst Störmer Target entity description: Horst Störmer is a German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate recognized for his pioneering work on the fractional quantum Hall effect.
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A.
Klaus von Klitzing
Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist best known for discovering the quantum Hall effect, for which he received the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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B.
Hans Georg Dehmelt
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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C.
Ralph Ginzburg
Ralph Ginzburg was an American publisher, editor, and writer known for his provocative magazines and for being at the center of landmark U.S. obscenity and free speech court cases in the 1960s.
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D.
Herbert Kroemer
Herbert Kroemer is a German-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in semiconductor heterostructures and high-speed electronic devices.
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E.
Wolfgang Paul
Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for developing the Paul trap for confining charged particles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physics
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
NERFINISHED
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Department of Physics, Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | quantum Hall physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Physics
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Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | German-born physicist working in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-04-06 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Arnold Groh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Goethe University Frankfurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Bell Labs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ |
| era |
20th-century physics
ⓘ
21st-century physics ⓘ |
| familyName | Störmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
condensed matter physics
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solid-state physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Horst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | professor emeritus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fractional quantum Hall effect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
two-dimensional electron systems ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Horst Ludwig Störmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| notableConcept | fractionally charged quasiparticles ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Jainendra K. Jain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | experiments on high-mobility electron gases in semiconductor heterostructures ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
low-dimensional electron systems
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semiconductor heterostructures ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Daniel C. Tsui
NERFINISHED
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Robert B. Laughlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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