Peter C. Aichelburg

Peter C. Aichelburg
Born (1941-11-09) 9 November 1941 (age 83)
Vienna, Greater German Reich (present-day Austria)
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forcontributions to general relativity
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Vienna, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Universidad Simón Bolívar, University of the Andes, Colombia, University of Texas at Austin, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Isaac Newton Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis[1967 „Das Anfangswertproblem eines harmonischen Oszillators im Strahlungsfeld"[citation needed]]
Doctoral advisorWalter Thirring

Peter C. Aichelburg (born 9 November 1941) is an Austrian physicist known for his contributions to general relativity, particularly for his joint work with Roman Sexl on the Aichelburg–Sexl ultraboost[1] of the Schwarzschild vacuum.

Life

Peter Aichelburg is the second child of Ludwig Aichelburg (born 1917) and Martha Michalek (born 1920), a descendant of the Bohemian line of the House of Aichelburg [de] from Carinthia.[2]

Lectures by Walter Thirring influenced him to pursue theoretical problems. He had a scholarship at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy from 1968 to 1969.[3]

Before his retirement in November 2007 Aichelburg taught at the University of Vienna, where he held a position of full professor ( Univ.-Prof. Dr. ) at the Institute of Theoretical Physics.[4]

Personal

Peter Aichelburg has a wife and a son.[3]

Books

  • Peter C. Aichelburg; Roman U. Sexl, eds. (1979). Albert Einstein: his influence on physics, philosophy and politics. Braunschweig; Wiesbaden: Springer. ISBN 3-528-08425-1.

References

  1. ^ Aichelburg, P. C. & Sexl, R. U. (1971). "On the gravitational field of a massless particle". Gen. Rel. Grav. 2 (4): 203. Bibcode:1971GReGr...2..303A. doi:10.1007/BF00758149. S2CID 123066007.
  2. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Band 12 (1988)
  3. ^ a b Wissenschaftliche Laufbahn Peter C Aichelburg
  4. ^ Abschiedsvorlesung von Peter Christian Aichelburg


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