Peter C. Aichelburg

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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 Template:Ill 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

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References

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

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