Peter Rudolf Wyder (26 February 1934) was a Swiss physicist and a professor of experimental solid-state physics at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands from 1967 until 1988 and in 1990.[1] Wyder later served as director of the High Field Magnet Laboratory in Grenoble, France.

Life

Wyder was born on 26 February 1934 in Burgdorf.[2] He obtained his PhD at ETH Zurich in 1965 with a doctoral thesis titled: "Freie Weglängen für die elektrische und die thermische Leitfähigkeit".[3] From 1967 he was a professor of experimental solid-state physics at Radboud University Nijmegen.[2][4] There he worked with the High Field Magnet Laboratory.[5]

Wyder was director of the High Field Magnet Laboratory (GHMFL) in Grenoble, France.[6][7] The laboratory was founded on the basis of cooperation between the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and the French National Centre for Scientific Research.[8] Wyder was director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research between 1984 and 2001.[2] He retired as director of the GHMFL in 2001.[8]

Honours

Wyder was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1985.[9]

PhD student

Wyder's student Jan Hendriks obtained a Nijmegen physics doctorate in 1976 with the thesis Measurements on superconducting films.[10]

Publications

by Wyder

include

  • 1965: Freie Weglängen für die elektrische und die thermische Leitfähigkeit, doctoral dissertation, ETH Zürich, 1965. Ref.: Olsen, J.L. Also as a journal article in Physik der kondensierten Materie vol. 3, pp 263–291 (1965).
  • 1981 with J. A. A. J. Perenboom and F. Meier: Electronic properties of small metallic particles, Amsterdam: North-Holland Pub. Co., 1981. Series: Physics reports, v. 78, no. 2.
  • 1994: Proceedings of the International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity - High Temperature Superconductors IV : Grenoble, France, July 5-9, 1994. Pt. 1/2/3/4/5, Amsterdam North-Holland 1994. Series: Physica C, Superconductivity.
  • 2002 with Robert Kratz: Principles of pulsed magnet design, Berlin; New York: Springer, 2002
  • 2003 with Israel D. Vagner: Recent trends in theory of physical phenomena in high magnetic fields, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. Series: NATO science series, Series II, Mathematics, physics and chemistry, vol. 106. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Les Houches, France, February 25-March 1, 2002.
  • 2004, with Israel D. Vagner and Boris I. Lembrikov: Electrodynamics of magnetoactive media, Berlin: Springer, 2004. Series: Springer series in solid-state sciences, 135.
  • 2005, with G. Franco Bassani and Gerald Liedl: Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics, Academic Press San Diego: Elsevier Science & Technology Books. Aug. 2005.
  • 2013, with Klaus Andres and Bruno Lüthi: Ein Pionier der Nanotechnologie : Nobelpreisträgers Heinrich Rohrer, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Nr. 114, (21.05.2013), S. 12.

for Wyder

  • 1995, Walter Joss: Physics and magnetic fields: a festschrift to honour professor Peter Wyder on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Amsterdam : North-Holland, 1995. Series: Physica B, vol. 204, no. 1-4 (1995)

References

  1. ↑ Brabers, J.B.A.M. (1998). "Proeven van eigen cultuur. Vijfenzeventig jaar Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, 1923-1998. Deel I 1923-1960". repository.ubn.ru.nl (in Dutch). Nijmegen: Valkhof Pers. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Prof.Dr.sc.nat. Prof. Dr Peter Wyder" (PDF). Elsevier. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Doctoral Thesis Freie Weglängen für die elektrische und die thermische Leitfähigkeit" (PDF). ETH Zurich Research Collection. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "In memoriam Engineer Albert van Etteger (26 September 1943 - 20 April 2020)". Radboud University Nijmegen. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020.
  5. ↑ S. Chikazumi; N. Miura (6 December 2012). Physics in High Magnetic Fields: Proceedings of the Oji International Seminar Hakone, Japan, September 10–13, 1980. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 24. ISBN 978-3-642-81595-9.
  6. ↑ Alison Abbott (17 December 1998). "European physicists split on new magnet". Nature. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Schopper Herwig; Jacob Maurice (4 May 1995). Large Facilities In Physic - Proceedings Of The 5th Eps International Conference On Large Facilities. World Scientific. p. 450. ISBN 978-981-4549-62-2.
  8. 1 2 "Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory Scientific Report 2005-2006" (PDF). Laboratoire des Champs Magnétiques Intenses. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Peter Wyder". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Johannes Wilhelmus Hendriks (1976). "Measurements on superconducting films, link to full text pdf".


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