Wolfgang Paul

Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist, who co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter which laid the foundation for what is now called an ion trap. He shared one-half of... Wikipedia

• Born:  August 10, 1913, Lorenzkirch, Saxony, German Empire
• Age at death:  80 years
• Died:  December 7, 1993, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Fields:  Physics
• Institutions:  University of Bonn, University of Kiel
• Alma mater:  Technical University of Munich, Technische Universität Berlin, University of Göttingen
• Known for:  Ion traps, Quadrupole mass analyzer
• Notable awards:  Nobel Prize in Physics (1989), UNSW Dirac Medal (1992)
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