Florian Goebel
Florian Goebel | |
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| Born | 18 October 1972 Cologne, Germany |
| Died | 10 September 2008 (aged 35) La Palma, Spain |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | MAGIC and MAGIC-II telescopes |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Measurement of the Diffactive Contribution to the DIS Cross Section using the ZEUS Forward Plug Calorimeter (2001) |
| Website | www-zeus |
Karl Florian Goebel (18 October 1972 — 10 September 2008) was a German astrophysicist attached to the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich. He had also been a member of DESY, a German-based research center that develops and runs several particle accelerators and detectors, most notably the ZEUS project.
At the time of his death he was managing the MAGIC-II telescope project. His death led to the suspension of the official inauguration date for MAGIC-II, originally set for 19 September 2008.
Education and career
[edit | edit source]Goebel graduated from Heidelberg University in July 1995 with an undergraduate degree in Physics. As a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship,[1][2][3] he earned his master's degree in Physics from Stony Brook University, the first degree awarded from work with the Stony Brook Nucleon decay and Neutrino Group's participation in the Super-Kamiokande experiment,[4] in December 1996. Goebel completed his PhD in Physics at the DESY in Hamburg in September 2001 as part of his work on the ZEUS project.[5][3]
In 2002, Goebel joined the Max Planck Institute for Physics's MAGIC project,[6] becoming the project manager for MAGIC-II in 2005.[7][3] MAGIC-II, the companion to the MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescope, is situated 85 metres from its counterpart at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands.[7]
Death and legacy
[edit | edit source]On 10 September 2008, just nine days prior to the scheduled inauguration of MAGIC-II, Goebel fell about 10 metres (33 ft) to his death while changing one of that telescope's lenses, leading to the suspension of the telescope's commencement of operations.[8][9] After his death, the pair of telescopes were renamed the "MAGIC Florian Goebel Telescopes" in his memory.[7][10] MAGIC-II had its "first light" on 25 April 2009 after a ceremony during which Goebel's brother assisted with the ribbon-cutting.[10]
Selected publications
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References
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External links
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