Rolf Hagedorn
Rolf Hagedorn | |
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Rolf Hagedorn, 1981 | |
| Born | 20 July 1919 |
| Died | 9 March 2003 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Known for | Hagedorn temperature, statistical bootstrap model, self-consistency principle in high energy physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical particle physics, Statistical physics |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Physics, CERN |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Becker |
Rolf Hagedorn (20 July 1919 – 9 March 2003) was a German theoretical physicist who worked at CERN. He is known for the idea that hadronic matter has a "melting point". The Hagedorn temperature is named in his honor.