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XXIX ESC General Assembly, Sept. 12-17, 2004 - GFZ

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1909 Karl SCHWARZSCHILD (1873-1916)<br />

new director of the AOP.<br />

• Founder of the modern photometric theory<br />

• Co-founder of the modern theory of stellar<br />

and comet atmospheres<br />

(→ radiation and energy transport)<br />

• Provided the first exact metric solution of<br />

Einstein´s gravitation equations<br />

• In 1914 first (unsuccessful) measurements<br />

from the tower of A26 aimed at proving the<br />

relativistic red-shift of solar spectral lines.<br />

His conclusion: Larger telescope and a spectroscope of much higher<br />

resolution are required → Einstein tower.<br />

Peter Bormann <strong>XXIX</strong> <strong>ESC</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong>, <strong>Sept</strong>. <strong>12</strong>-<strong>17</strong>, <strong>2004</strong>

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