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Nationality
  
Austrian

Education
  
University of Vienna

Alma mater
  
University of Vienna

Fields
  
Theoretical physics

Name
  
Peter Aichelburg

Doctoral advisor
  
Walter Thirring

Role
  
Physicist


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Born
  
9 November 1941 (age 82) Vienna, Greater German Reich (present-day Austria) (
1941-11-09
)

Institutions
  
University of Vienna, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Universidad Simon Bolivar, University of the Andes, Colombia, University of Texas at Austin, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Isaac Newton Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara

Thesis
  
[1967 „Das Anfangswertproblem eines harmonischen Oszillators im Strahlungsfeld"]

Known for
  
contributions to general relativity

Peter C. Aichelburg (born 9 November 1941) is an Austrian physicist well known for his contributions to general relativity, particularly for his joint work with Roman Sexl on the Aichelburg–Sexl ultraboost of the Schwarzschild vacuum.

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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 House of Aichelburg from Carinthia.

Lectures by Walter Thirring influenced him to pursue theoretical problems. He was a postdoc at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy from 1968 to 1969. In an interview he recounts that his father was surprised that after such difficult studies he did not immediately obtain a tenured position.

Before his retirement in November 2007 Aichelburg taught at the University of Vienna, where he held a position in the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

Books

  • Aichelburg, Peter C.; Sexl, Roman U. (1979). Albert Einstein: his influence on physics, philosophy and politics. Braunschweig; Wiesbaden: "Published under the auspices of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation". ISBN 3-528-08425-1. 
  • References

    Peter C. Aichelburg Wikipedia