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Max Robert Schafroth | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 8, 1923 |
| Died | May 29, 1959 (aged 36) |
| Citizenship | Swiss |
| Alma mater | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Liverpool University of Sydney |
| Doctoral advisor | Wolfgang Pauli |
Max Robert Schafroth (8 February 1923, Burgdorf, Switzerland - 29 May 1959, North Queensland, Australia) was a Swiss theoretical physicist who made important contributions to the theory of superconductivity. In 1954, he proposed that electron pairing was the physical mechanism responsible for superconductivity.[1] Working together with John Markus Blatt and Stuart Thomas Butler at the University of Sydney in the 1950s, Schafroth developed a theory that explained superconductivity as a Bose-Einstein condensation of electron pairs,[2] the idea relevant to high-temperature superconductivity.
Early life and education
[edit]Schafroth was born in Burgdorf, Switzerland to Colonel Max F. Schafroth and Lydia Schafroth-Oberholzer. He was educated at public schools in Burgdorf and Bern, graduating from the Stadtisches Gymnasium Bern in 1941. His tertiary studies were interrupted by a two-year service in the Swiss army. In 1948, Schafroth received a Diploma in Mathematics and Physics from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. In 1949, he was awarded the title of DrScNat for his work in theoretical physics under Professor Wolfgang Pauli. From 1949 to 1953, Schafroth worked as Pauli's assistant, mainly on Quantum Field Theory and the Theory of Superconductivity.
Personal life and the death accident
[edit]In 1952, Schafroth married Katherli (Kathy) Gemperle in Zurich. They had one son, Markus Konradin Schafroth, born in December 1955.
On 29th May 1959, Schafroth and his wife Kathy died in an airplane accident while holidaying in North Queensland, Australia. Here is how the accident was described by a Melbourne newspaper:
The plane crashed after take-off from the station which is 150 miles north-west of Townsville. Those killed were: Leonard Frederick Holland, 25, married, pilot, of Cairns. Dr. M.R. Schafroth, of Geneva, Swirzerland, Reader in Physics at Sydney University and his wife, Kathy. The plane was a four-seater Auster Autocar, owned by Bush Pilots Airways Ltd., of Cairns. Mr. J.H. Atkinson, owner of Green Vale Station, said tonight that he was standing in front of his homestead watching the plane take off. It had risen to 200 feet and 400 yards away when the engine started to flutter. "I could see they were in trouble," he said. "Suddenly the motor stopped. The pilot tried to steer the plane back on to the runway but it swerved and nose-dived into the ground. There was a terrifying crumbling -- I knew they were all dead." The bodies of the three victims will be flown to Ingham tomorrow. The aircraft left Cairns at 7 a.m. on the normal mail run to Charter Towers. Dr. and Mrs. Schafroth, who were holidaying in the north, were on their way to Hillgrove station. Pilot Holland joined Bush Pilots last July and had flown about 1000 hours.
Schafroth and his wife were buried in the New Cemetery, Townsville, Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ Schafroth, M.R. (1954). "Theory of Superconductivity". Physical Review. 96 (5): 1442. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.96.1442.
- ^ Schafroth, M. R.; Butler, S. T.; Blatt, J. M. (1957). "Quasichemical equilibrium approach to superconductivity". Helvetica Physica Acta. 30: 93–134.