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'''Louis Eugène Félix Néel''' ([[November 22]], [[1904]] – [[November 17]], [[2000]]), a [[France|French]] [[physicist]] born in [[Lyon]], was corecipient (with the [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[astrophysicist]] [[Hannes Alfvén]]) of the [[Nobel Prize]] for [[Physics]] in [[1970]] for his pioneering studies of the magnetic properties of [[solid]]s. His contributions to [[solid state physics]] have found numerous useful applications, particularly in the development of improved [[computer]] memory units. About [[1930]] he suggested that a new form of magnetic behavior might exist; called [[antiferromagnetism]], as opposed to [[ferrimagnetism]]. Above a certain temperature (the Néel temperature) this behaviour stops. Néel pointed out ([[1947]]) that materials could also exist showing ferrimagnetism. Néel has also given an explanation of the weak magnetism of certain rocks, making possible the study of the history of [[Earth's magnetic field]]. |
'''Louis Eugène Félix Néel''' ([[November 22]], [[1904]] – [[November 17]], [[2000]]), a [[France|French]] [[physicist]] born in [[Lyon]], was corecipient (with the [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[astrophysicist]] [[Hannes Alfvén]]) of the [[Nobel Prize]] for [[Physics]] in [[1970]] for his pioneering studies of the magnetic properties of [[solid]]s. His contributions to [[solid state physics]] have found numerous useful applications, particularly in the development of improved [[computer]] memory units. About [[1930]] he suggested that a new form of magnetic behavior might exist; called [[antiferromagnetism]], as opposed to [[ferrimagnetism]]. Above a certain temperature (the Néel temperature) this behaviour stops. Néel pointed out ([[1947]]) that materials could also exist showing ferrimagnetism. Néel has also given an explanation of the weak magnetism of certain rocks, making possible the study of the history of [[Earth's magnetic field]]. |
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He studied at the [[Lycée du Parc]] in [[Lyon]] and was accepted at the [[École normale supérieure]] in [[Paris]]. |
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Revision as of 20:25, 2 July 2007
Louis Eugène Félix Néel (November 22, 1904 – November 17, 2000), a French physicist born in Lyon, was corecipient (with the Swedish astrophysicist Hannes Alfvén) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 for his pioneering studies of the magnetic properties of solids. His contributions to solid state physics have found numerous useful applications, particularly in the development of improved computer memory units. About 1930 he suggested that a new form of magnetic behavior might exist; called antiferromagnetism, as opposed to ferrimagnetism. Above a certain temperature (the Néel temperature) this behaviour stops. Néel pointed out (1947) that materials could also exist showing ferrimagnetism. Néel has also given an explanation of the weak magnetism of certain rocks, making possible the study of the history of Earth's magnetic field.
He studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École normale supérieure in Paris.
External links
- Louis Eugène Félix Néel
- Louis Néel - Biography. Nobel Lectures, Physics 1963-1970. Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam.
- Néel Institute Grenoble, France.
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