Florian Goebel
Florian Goebel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 October 1972 Cologne, Germany |
| Died | 10 September 2008 (aged 35) La Palma, Spain |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | MAGIC and MAGIC-II telescopes |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Measurement of the Diffactive Contribution to the DIS Cross Section using the ZEUS Forward Plug Calorimeter (2001) |
| Website | www-zeus |
Karl Florian Goebel (18 October 1972 — 10 September 2008) was a German astrophysicist attached to the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich. He had also been a member of DESY, a German-based research center that develops and runs several particle accelerators and detectors, most notably the ZEUS project.
At the time of his death he was managing the MAGIC-II telescope project. His death led to the suspension of the official inauguration date for MAGIC-II, originally set for 19 September 2008.