German physicist and emeritus professor (born 1943)
Friedrich E. Wagner (born November 16, 1943, sometimes abbreviated as Fritz Wagner) is a German physicist and
emeritus professor who specializes in
plasma physics . He was known to have discovered the
high-confinement mode (i.e. H-mode) of
magnetic confinement in fusion plasmas while working at the
ASDEX tokamak in 1982.
[1]
[2] For this discovery and his subsequent contributions to fusion research, was awarded the
John Dawson Award in 1987, the
Hannes Alfvén Prize in 2007 and the
Stern–Gerlach Medal in 2009.
Life and career
Wagner was born in
Pfaffenhofen an der Roth in
Bavaria, Germany . He studied at the
Technical University of Munich and completed his doctorate in 1972. He then worked at
Ohio State University from 1973 to 1974. At first, he worked on
low-temperature physics , but switched to
plasma fusion research during the energy crisis of the time. In 1975, he started working for the
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics , and in 1986 he led the tokamak experiment
ASDEX .
In 1988, Wagner habilitated at
Heidelberg University and was given a teaching position there. He was then appointed honorary professor at the
Technical University of Munich . From 1989 to 1993, Wagner was project manager of the
Wendelstein 7-AS stellarator experiment.
In 1993, he became the director of the
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics and was Chairman of the Plasma Physics Department of the
European Physical Society between 1996 and 2004. In 1999, he became full professor at the
Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Greifswald. From 2003 to 2005, he was head of the
Wendelstein 7-X experiment. He retired in 2008.
He was President of the
European Physical Society between 2007 and 2009.
Honors and awards
Wagner is an honorary member of the
Ioffe Institute at St. Petersburg and a fellow of the
Institute of Physics and the
American Physical Society .
[3]
[4]
In 1987, Wagner was awarded the
John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research from the
American Physical Society .
[5]
In 2007, he received the
Hannes Alfvén Prize from the
European Physical Society for his contributions to fusion research by
magnetic confinement .
[6]
In 2009, he received the
Stern–Gerlach Medal , the highest honour for
experimental physics awarded by the
German Physical Society .
[7] He was awarded in honor of his work in high-temperature plasma physics and fusion research, especially for the discovery of self-organizing transport barriers (i.e. H-mode), which was groundbreaking for the mastery of fusion plasmas.
[8]
Publications
Wagner, F.; Fussmann, G.; Grave, T.; Keilhacker, M.; Kornherr, M.; Lackner, K.; McCormick, K.; Müller, E. R.; Stäbler, A.; Becker, G.; Bernhardi, K. (1984). "Development of an Edge Transport Barrier at the H-Mode Transition of ASDEX". Physical Review Letters . 53 (15): 1453–1456.
Bibcode :
1984PhRvL..53.1453W .
doi :
10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.1453 .
ISSN
0031-9007 .
Wagner, F.; Gruber, O.; Lackner, K.; Murmann, H. D.; Speth, E.; Becker, G.; Bosch, H. S.; Brocken, H.; Cattanei, G.; Dorst, D.; Eberhagen, A. (1986). "Experimental Study of the Principles Governing Tokamak Transport". Physical Review Letters . 56 (20): 2187–2190.
Bibcode :
1986PhRvL..56.2187W .
doi :
10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2187 .
PMID
10032913 .
Wagner, F; Stroth, U (1993). "Transport in toroidal devices-the experimentalist's view". Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion . 35 (10): 1321–1371.
Bibcode :
1993PPCF...35.1321W .
doi :
10.1088/0741-3335/35/10/002 .
ISSN
0741-3335 .
Wagner, F.; Bäumel, S.; Baldzuhn, J.; Basse, N.; Brakel, R.; Burhenn, R.; Dinklage, A.; Dorst, D.; Ehmler, H.; Endler, M.; Erckmann, V. (2005). "W7-AS: One step of the Wendelstein stellarator line". Physics of Plasmas . 12 (7): 072509.
Bibcode :
2005PhPl...12g2509W .
doi :
10.1063/1.1927100 .
ISSN
1070-664X .
Wagner, F (2007). "A quarter-century of H-mode studies". Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion . 49 (12B): B1–B33.
Bibcode :
2007PPCF...49....1W .
doi :
10.1088/0741-3335/49/12b/s01 .
ISSN
0741-3335 .
Wagner, Friedrich E. (2012). "Rudolf Mössbauer and the development of the Garching research site". Hyperfine Interactions . 204 (1–3): 83–88.
Bibcode :
2012HyInt.204...83W .
doi :
10.1007/s10751-012-0567-x .
ISSN
0304-3843 .
S2CID
96585034 .
References
^ Wagner, F.; Becker, G.; Behringer, K.; Campbell, D.; Eberhagen, A.; Engelhardt, W.; Fussmann, G.; Gehre, O.; Gernhardt, J.; Gierke, G. v.; Haas, G. (1982). "Regime of Improved Confinement and High Beta in Neutral-Beam-Heated Divertor Discharges of the ASDEX Tokamak". Physical Review Letters . 49 (19): 1408–1412.
Bibcode :
1982PhRvL..49.1408W .
doi :
10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.1408 .
ISSN
0031-9007 .
^
"How Fritz Wagner 'discovered' the H-Mode" . ITER .
Archived from the original on 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2020-06-13 .
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"Prof. Dr. Friedrich Wagner" . www.ipp.mpg.de . Retrieved 2020-06-13 .
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"APS Fellow Archive" . American Physical Society . Retrieved 2020-06-13 .
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"1987 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research Recipient" . American Physical Society . Retrieved 2020-06-13 .
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"Alfvén Prize | European Physical Society – Plasma Physics Division" . European Physical Society . Retrieved 2020-06-13 .
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"Die Physik-Preisträger 2009" . DPG . Retrieved 2020-06-13 .
^ Smith, Z E.; Wagner, S. (1987).
"Band Tails, Entropy, and Equilibrium Defects in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon" . Physical Review Letters . 59 (15): 688–691.
doi :
10.1103/physrevlett.59.1790.3 .
ISSN
0031-9007 .
PMID
10035845 .
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