Horst Ludwig Störmer

German physicist, Nobel Prize winner

Horst Ludwig Störmer - German physicist, Nobel Prize winner
Born

April 6th, 1949
76 years ago

Category

Scientists & Innovators

Country

Germany

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A prominent physicist focused on condensed matter physics and quantum Hall effects. Conducted groundbreaking research at Bell Labs and made significant contributions to understanding the behavior of electrons in two-dimensional systems. Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1998 alongside Daniel Tsui and Robert Laughlin for work related to quantum fluids and the discovery of the fractional quantum Hall effect.

Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1998

Discovered the fractional quantum Hall effect

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