
“for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name”
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer was a German physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1961 for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery of the effect which bears his name. The Mössbauer effect became an important tool in nuclear and solid-state physics.
- Field
- Physics · Nuclear Physics
- Lifespan
- 1929–2011