Wolfgang Paul

German physicist (1913–1993)

Wolfgang Paul (August 10, 1913December 7, 1993) 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 the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for this work with Hans Georg Dehmelt; the other half of the Prize in that year was awarded to Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr.

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  • There are many examples in physics showing that higher precision revealed new phenomena, inspired new ideas, or confirmed or dethroned well-established theories.
    • in Electromagnetic Traps for Charged and Neutral Particles, Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1989.
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