Smekal, Adolf Gustav#
Smekal, Adolf Gustav, b. Vienna, Sept. 12, 1895, d. Graz (Styria), March 7, 1959, physicist. From 1927 university professor in Vienna, later in Halle and from 1949 in Graz. on the basis of theoretical considerations predicted in 1923 the ´S.-Raman-effect´ found by C. von Raman in 1928. Research on x-ray spectroscopy, crystal physics and quantum theory.
Publications#
Allg. Grundlagen der Quantenstatistik und Quantentheorie, 1926; Ueber Grenzflaechenphysik, 1950