Carl von Weizacker & Friedrich Hund, Goettingen DPI

Friedrich Hund (February 4, 1896 - March 31, 1997) : German physicist known for his work on atoms and molecules. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3429x1691, 2209 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Friedrich Hund Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3429x1691, 2209 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Friedrich Hund Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ...

Hund worked at the Universities of Rostock, Leipzig, Jena, Frankfurt am Main, and Göttingen. The University of Rostock (German: Universität Rostock) is a university in northern Germany, located in the city of Rostock in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and is the oldest university in Northern continental Europe. ... The University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig), located in Leipzig in the Free State and former Kingdom of Saxony, is one of the oldest universities in Europe. ... Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (FSU) is located in Jena, Thuringia in Germany and was named for the German writer Friedrich Schiller. ... ... The Georg-August University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, often called the Georgia Augusta) was founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and opened in 1737. ...

Hund worked with such prestigious physicists as Schrödinger, Dirac, Heisenberg, Max Born, and Walter Bothe. At that time, he was Born's assistant, working with quantum interpretation of band spectra of diatomic molecules. Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (August 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961) was an Austrian physicist who achieved fame for his contributions to quantum mechanics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1933. ... Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, OM, FRS (IPA: [dɪræk]) (August 8, 1902 – October 20, 1984) was a British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum physics. ... Werner Karl Heisenberg (December 5, 1901 – February 1, 1976) was a celebrated German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, and acknowledged to be one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. ... Max Born (December 11, 1882 in Breslau – January 5, 1970 in Göttingen) was a mathematician and physicist. ... Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe (January 8, 1891 - February 8, 1957) was a German physicist, mathematician, chemist, and Nobel Prize winner. ...

After his studies of mathematics, physics, and geography in Marburg and Göttingen, he worked as a private lecturer for theoretical physics in Göttingen [1925], professor in Rostock [1927], Leipzig [1929], Jena [1946], Frankfurt/Main [1951] and from 1957 again in Göttingen. Additionally he stayed in Copenhagen [1926] with Niels Bohr and lectured on the Harvard University in Cambridge [1928]. He published more than 250 papers and essays. He made contributions to quantum theory - especially concerning the structure of an atom and the structure of molecular spectra. The Hund's rule was named after him and in 1926 he discovered the later so called tunnel effect. Niels (Henrik David) Bohr (October 7, 1885 – November 18, 1962) was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1922. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636,[1] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning still operating in the United States. ...

The Hund's cases or Hund's rules are particular cases in the molecular spin-orbit coupling theory. This is an important concept in spectroscopy and quantum chemistry. It has been suggested that Hunds rule of Maximum Multiplicity be merged into this article or section. ... ... Extremely high resolution spectrum of the Sun showing thousands of elemental absorption lines (fraunhofer lines) Spectroscopy is the study of matter and its properties by investigating light, sound, or particles that are emitted, absorbed or scattered by the matter under investigation. ... Linus Pauling, as a pioneer of the valence bond theory, is one of the first quantum chemists. ...

On the occasion of his 100th birthday, the book: Friedrich Hund: Geschichte der physikalischen Begriffe [history of physics terms] (Heidelberg, Berlin, Oxford), Spektrum, Akademie Verlag 1996, ISBN 3-8274-0083-X was published.

Besides many different honors bestowed upon him, Friedrich Hund also received an honorary citizenship of the Jena/Saale town, and even a street in Jena was named after him. Since June, 2004, a part of the new building of the physical departement was given the Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1 address. The same name was chosen for the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Göttingen.

See http://www.teleschach.de/teleschach/f_hund_en.htm for curriculum vitae of Friedrich Hund, papers by Friedrich Hund, diploma, honours, medals and decorations, photography, films and cassettes.