Peter Hänggi
Peter Hänggi | |
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| Born | November 29, 1950 Bärschwil, Switzerland |
| Citizenship | Switzerland |
| Alma mater | University of Basel |
| Known for | Stochastic resonance Brownian motor Hänggi's law |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics Statistical physics Dissipative systems |
| Institutions | Polytechnic Institute of New York University University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign University of Augsburg |
Peter Hänggi (born November 29, 1950) is a theoretical physicist from Switzerland, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Augsburg. He is best known for his original works on Brownian motion and the Brownian motor concept, stochastic resonance and dissipative systems (classical and quantum mechanical). Other topics include, driven quantum tunneling, such as the discovery of coherent destruction of tunneling (CDT), phononics, relativistic statistical mechanics and the foundations of classical and quantum thermodynamics.