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'''Daniel Kleppner''' |
'''Daniel Kleppner''' (born 1932) is an American physicist who is the [[Lester Wolfe]] Professor Emeritus of Physics at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) and co-founder and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms. His areas of science include [[atomic, molecular, and optical physics]], and his research interests include experimental [[atomic physics]], laser [[spectroscopy]], and high precision measurements.<ref>[http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/kleppner_daniel.html MIT Department of Physics<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Together with [[Robert J. Kolenkow]], he authored a popular textbook ''An Introduction to Mechanics'' for advanced students.<ref>{{cite web|title=13 BOOK Recommendations on SPECIAL RELATIVITY!!|date=May 25, 2022|publisher=For the Love of Physics|website=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FkqBV8HC70&t=248s}} review of ''An Introduction to Mechanics'' by Kleppner & Kolenkow, 4:08 to 6:46 in video</ref> |
Together with [[Robert J. Kolenkow]], he authored a popular textbook ''[[An Introduction to Mechanics]]'' for advanced students.<ref>{{cite web|title=13 BOOK Recommendations on SPECIAL RELATIVITY!!|date=May 25, 2022|publisher=For the Love of Physics|website=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FkqBV8HC70&t=248s}} review of ''An Introduction to Mechanics'' by Kleppner & Kolenkow, 4:08 to 6:46 in video</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Later he became interested in creating a hydrogen [[Bose–Einstein condensate]] (BEC). In 1995, a group of researchers, including Kleppner's former students, made a BEC using [[rubidium]] atoms. |
Later he became interested in creating a hydrogen [[Bose–Einstein condensate]] (BEC). In 1995, a group of researchers, including Kleppner's former students, made a BEC using [[rubidium]] atoms. |
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It was not until 1998 that Kleppner and [[Tom Greytak]] finally created a hydrogen BEC.<ref> |
It was not until 1998 that Kleppner and [[Tom Greytak]] finally created a hydrogen BEC.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/daniel-kleppner-phd |title=Daniel Kleppner {{!}} The Franklin Institute<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2014-05-07 |archive-date=2014-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813195230/https://www.fi.edu/laureates/daniel-kleppner-phd |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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== Honors and awards == |
== Honors and awards == |
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* 1991 [[Lilienfeld Prize]], |
* 1991 [[Lilienfeld Prize]], |
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* 1991 [[William F. Meggers Award in Spectroscopy|William F. Meggers Award]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Kleppner » MIT Physics |url=https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/daniel-kleppner/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=MIT Physics |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* 1997 [[Oersted Medal]], |
* 1997 [[Oersted Medal]], |
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* 2005 [[Wolf Prize in Physics]],<ref>[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/wolf.html Kleppner awarded international Wolf Prize for physics | MIT News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
* 2005 [[Wolf Prize in Physics]],<ref>[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/wolf.html Kleppner awarded international Wolf Prize for physics | MIT News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Within MIT he won the institute's prestigious James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, conferring him the title of Killian Award Lecturer<ref>{{cite web |title=About {{!}} MIT Killian Lectures |url=https://killianlectures.mit.edu/about |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=killianlectures.mit.edu}}</ref> for 1995-1996.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 March 1996 |title=Kleppner to give Killian Lecture today |language=en |work=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology |url=https://news.mit.edu/1996/kleppner-0313 |access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref> |
Within MIT he won the institute's prestigious James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, conferring him the title of Killian Award Lecturer<ref>{{cite web |title=About {{!}} MIT Killian Lectures |url=https://killianlectures.mit.edu/about |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=killianlectures.mit.edu}}</ref> for 1995-1996.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 March 1996 |title=Kleppner to give Killian Lecture today |language=en |work=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology |url=https://news.mit.edu/1996/kleppner-0313 |access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref> |
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He was elected the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1986,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Kleppner |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/daniel-kleppner |access-date=2021-08-25 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref> the [[French Academy of Sciences]] in 2004,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Kleppner {{!}} Liste des membres de l'Académie des sciences / K {{!}} Listes par ordre alphabétique {{!}} Listes des membres {{!}} Membres {{!}} Nous connaître |url=https://www.academie-sciences.fr/en/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-K/daniel-kleppner.html |access-date=2021-08-25 |website=www.academie-sciences.fr}}</ref> and the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Daniel+Kleppner&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2021-08-25 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> |
He was elected the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1986,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Kleppner |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/daniel-kleppner |access-date=2021-08-25 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref> a Fellow of OSA in 1992,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Kleppner {{!}} Optica |url=https://www.optica.org/History/Biographies/bios/Daniel_Kleppner_(1) |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.optica.org}}</ref> the [[French Academy of Sciences]] in 2004,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Kleppner {{!}} Liste des membres de l'Académie des sciences / K {{!}} Listes par ordre alphabétique {{!}} Listes des membres {{!}} Membres {{!}} Nous connaître |url=https://www.academie-sciences.fr/en/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-K/daniel-kleppner.html |access-date=2021-08-25 |website=www.academie-sciences.fr}}</ref> and the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Daniel+Kleppner&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2021-08-25 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> |
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== Books == |
== Books == |
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Daniel Kleppner | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | December 16, 1932
Alma mater | Williams College (BA) University of Cambridge Harvard University (PhD) |
Known for | AMO physics |
Spouse | Beatrice Spencer Kleppner |
Awards | Lilienfeld Prize (1991) MIT Killian Award (1995-96) Oersted Medal (1997) Wolf Prize in Physics (2005) National Medal of Science (2006) Frederic Ives Medal (2007) Franklin Institute Award (2014) APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | MIT |
Thesis | The Broken Beam Resonance Experiment (1959) |
Doctoral advisor | Norman Ramsey |
Doctoral students | David E. Pritchard[citation needed] William Daniel Phillips[citation needed] Julia Steinberger[1] |
Website | physics |
Daniel Kleppner (born 1932) is an American physicist who is the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and co-founder and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms. His areas of science include atomic, molecular, and optical physics, and his research interests include experimental atomic physics, laser spectroscopy, and high precision measurements.[2]
Together with Robert J. Kolenkow, he authored a popular textbook An Introduction to Mechanics for advanced students.[3]
Biography
[edit]Parents
[edit]Kleppner's father was Otto Kleppner, founder of an advertising agency.[4]
Education and career
[edit]Kleppner graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in 1953 in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He also attended Cambridge University in England with a B.A. in 1955, and Harvard University, he attended the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, with a Ph.D. in 1959.[5]
In the 1950s, Kleppner became a physics doctoral student at Harvard University, where he worked under Norman Ramsey. Here, Kleppner took the concepts behind an ammonia maser and applied them to a hydrogen maser, which became his Ph.D. thesis. Kleppner did important research into Rydberg atoms.[6]
Later he became interested in creating a hydrogen Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC). In 1995, a group of researchers, including Kleppner's former students, made a BEC using rubidium atoms. It was not until 1998 that Kleppner and Tom Greytak finally created a hydrogen BEC.[7]
Honors and awards
[edit]Kleppner has been the recipient of many awards including
- 1991 Lilienfeld Prize,
- 1991 William F. Meggers Award,[8]
- 1997 Oersted Medal,
- 2005 Wolf Prize in Physics,[9]
- 2006 National Medal of Science
- 2007 Frederic Ives Medal,
- 2014 Benjamin Franklin Medal,[10] and
- 2017 American Physical Society Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research.[11]
Within MIT he won the institute's prestigious James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, conferring him the title of Killian Award Lecturer[12] for 1995-1996.[13]
He was elected the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986,[14] a Fellow of OSA in 1992,[15] the French Academy of Sciences in 2004,[16] and the American Philosophical Society in 2007.[17]
Books
[edit]Kleppner and Robert J. Kolenkow wrote An Introduction to Mechanics in 1973. 40 years later, Kleppner and Kolenkow returned to edit and publish a second edition in 2013.
- Kleppner, Daniel; Robert J. Kolenkow (1973). An Introduction to Mechanics. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-035048-9.
- Kleppner, Daniel (2013). An Introduction to Mechanics (1st ed.). Cambridge. ISBN 9780511784118.[18]
- Kleppner, Daniel (2013). An Introduction to Mechanics (2nd ed.). Cambridge. ISBN 9780521198110.[19]
Kleppner and his thesis adviser (and Nobel laureate) Norman Ramsey wrote the text Quick Calculus, joined for the 3rd edition by MIT professor Peter Dourmashkin:
- Kleppner, Daniel; Ramsey, Norman (1972). Quick calculus: for self-study or classroom use (1st ed.). New York: Wiley. ISBN 9780471491125.
- Kleppner, Daniel; Ramsey, Norman (1985). Quick Calculus: a self-teaching guide (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Wiley. ISBN 0471827223.
- Kleppner, Daniel; Dourmashkin, Peter; Ramsey, Norman (8 April 2022). Quick Calculus: A Self-Teaching Guide (3rd ed.). Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-1-119-74319-4.
Selected publications
[edit]- Thomas J. Greytak; Daniel Kleppner (2001). "Bose-Einstein Condensation". McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology: 64–67.
- D. G. Fried; T. C. Killian; L. Willmann; D. Landhuis; S. C. Moss; D. Kleppner; T. J. Greytak (1998). "Bose-Einstein Condensation of Atomic Hydrogen". Physical Review Letters. 81 (18): 3811. arXiv:physics/9809017. Bibcode:1998PhRvL..81.3811F. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.3811. S2CID 3174641.
- T. C. Killian; D. G. Fried; L. Willmann; D. Landhuis; S. C. Moss; T. J. Greytak; D. Kleppner (1998). "Cold Collision Frequency Shift of the 1S-2S Transition in Hydrogen". Physical Review Letters. 81 (18): 3807. arXiv:physics/9809016. Bibcode:1998PhRvL..81.3807K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.3807. S2CID 18665492.
- C. L. Cesar; D. G. Fried; T. C. Killian; A. D. Polcyn; J. C. Sandberg; I. A. Yu; T. J. Greytak; D. Kleppner (1996). "Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Trapped Atomic Hydrogen". Physical Review Letters. 77 (2): 255–258. Bibcode:1996PhRvL..77..255C. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.255. hdl:1721.1/11193. PMID 10062405.
- T. C. Killian; D. G. Fried; C. L. Cesar; A. D. Polycn; T. J. Greytak; D. Kleppner (1996). "Doppler-Free Spectroscopy of Trapped Atomic Hydrogen". Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Atomic Physics.
References
[edit]- ^ Julia Steinberger (2004). Progress towards high precision measurements on ultracold metastable hydrogen and trapping deuterium (PhD thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/28649. OCLC 655586822.
- ^ MIT Department of Physics
- ^ "13 BOOK Recommendations on SPECIAL RELATIVITY!!". YouTube. For the Love of Physics. May 25, 2022. review of An Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner & Kolenkow, 4:08 to 6:46 in video
- ^ "Otto Kleppner". The New York Times. 1982-08-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ^ Daniel Kleppner Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Daniel Kleppner | MIT150 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th anniversary Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Daniel Kleppner | The Franklin Institute". Archived from the original on 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ^ "Daniel Kleppner » MIT Physics". MIT Physics. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ Kleppner awarded international Wolf Prize for physics | MIT News
- ^ "Daniel Kleppner". 2014 Franklin Institute Awards. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ^ "2017 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research". www.aps.org. September 21, 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "About | MIT Killian Lectures". killianlectures.mit.edu. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Kleppner to give Killian Lecture today". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 13 March 1996. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Kleppner". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ "Daniel Kleppner | Optica". www.optica.org. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Daniel Kleppner | Liste des membres de l'Académie des sciences / K | Listes par ordre alphabétique | Listes des membres | Membres | Nous connaître". www.academie-sciences.fr. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ "An Introduction to Mechanics | General and classical physics". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ "An Introduction to Mechanics | General and classical physics". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
External links
[edit]- Faculty page at MIT
- Interview with Daniel Kleppner (Video)
- "Views from the Garden of Worldly Delights - Daniel Kleppner". YouTube. James R. Killian, Jr. Lecture Series. December 4, 2015.
- 1932 births
- Living people
- Harvard University alumni
- 21st-century American physicists
- Williams College alumni
- American optical physicists
- Wolf Prize in Physics laureates
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty
- National Medal of Science laureates
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Members of the American Philosophical Society
- Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) laureates