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 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Band 12 (1988)
- ^ a b Wissenschaftliche Laufbahn Peter C Aichelburg
- ^ Abschiedsvorlesung von Peter Christian Aichelburg
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