Wilhelm Wien

Wilhelm Wien
Wien in 1911
Born
Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien

(1864-01-13)13 January 1864
Died30 August 1928(1928-08-30) (aged 64)
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
University of Berlin
Known forBlackbody radiation
Wien filter
Wien's displacement law
Wien's distribution law
SpouseLuise Mehler (1898) (1877-1961)
AwardsGuthrie Lecture (1925)
Nobel Prize for Physics (1911)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Giessen
University of Würzburg
University of Munich
RWTH Aachen
Doctoral advisorHermann von Helmholtz
Doctoral studentsGabriel Holtsmark
Eduard Rüchardt

Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈviːn] ; 13 January 1864 – 30 August 1928) was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody at any temperature from the emission at any one reference temperature.

He also formulated an expression for the black-body radiation, which is correct in the photon-gas limit. His arguments were based on the notion of adiabatic invariance, and were instrumental for the formulation of quantum mechanics. Wien received the 1911 Nobel Prize for his work on heat radiation.

He was a cousin of Max Wien, inventor of the Wien bridge.


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