About Hans Joos
Lived 1926 – 2010 (aged 83). Hans Joos was a German physicist.
Hans H. Joos (31 December 1926, Stuttgart – 18 November 2010, Hamburg) was a German theoretical physicist. He is known for the Joos–Weinberg equation, independently published by Steven Weinberg.
Education and career Joos studied at the University of Tübingen, where he was mentored by Gert Molière (1909–1964). After graduation, Joos worked in São Paulo and at the University of Hamburg, where he received his doctorate (Promotion) in 1961. at the University of Minnesota, and at CERN. From 1963 until his retirement, he was a member of the scientific research team at Germany's national research centre Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg and was for some years the head of DESY's theory group. In 1965 he was appointed Honorarprofessor of theoretical physics at the University of Hamburg. He served on the editorial board of Communications in Mathematical Physics. He lived in Halstenbek (on the north-western border of Hamburg).
Selected publications Articles abstract
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01651216
Books abstract (for 1981 edition) provided by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information; abstract (for 1981 edition) provided by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); The 1981 edition in English is a translation of the 3rd edition of the German book Eichtheorien der starken und elektroschwachen Wechselwirkung, Teubner Studienbücher.
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German physicist (1926–2010)
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Hans Joos was born on 31 December 1926 in Stuttgart.
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Hans Joos died on 18 November 2010 in Hamburg.
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Hans Joos was a physicist.
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Hans Joos was German.
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