Hans Capel
Hans Willem Capel (born 3 June 1936)[1] is a Dutch theoretical physicist. He was a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Amsterdam between 1983 and 1998.[1]
Capel was born in Sceaux, France. He obtained his PhD in mathematics and physics at Leiden University in 1965 with a dissertation titled: "The hole-equivalence principle, the Van Vleck relation and the application to the theory of d-ions in Ligand fields".[1] Capel subsequently was a lector of theoretical physics at same the university in 1970, and served as professor between 1979 and 1983.[2] He is well known for introducing, in Statistical Physics, the Blume-Capel model, describing tricritical points.
Capel was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1990.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Prof. dr. H.W. Capel, 1936 -". University of Amsterdam.
- ^ "Hans Willem Capel". Leiden University. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Hans Capel". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017.
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