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Hafner, Jürgen was born on July 24, 1945 in Lunz am See, Austria. Son of Edmund and Edith Hafner.
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From Hamiltonians to Phase Diagrams: The Electronic and Statistical-Mechanical Theory of sp-Bonded Metals and Alloys (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences)
(The development of the modern theory of metals and alloys...)
The development of the modern theory of metals and alloys has coincided with great advances in quantum-mechanical many-body theory, in electronic structure calculations, in theories of lattice dynamics and of the configura tional thermodynamics of crystals, in liquid-state theory, and in the theory of phase transformations. For a long time all these different fields expanded quite independently, but now their overlap has become sufficiently large that they are beginning to form the basis of a comprehensive first-principles the ory of the cohesive, structural, and thermodynamical properties of metals and alloys in the crystalline as well as in the liquid state. Today, we can set out from the quantum-mechanical many-body Hamiltonian of the system of electrons and ions, and, following the path laid out by generations of the oreticians, we can progress far enough to calculate a pressure-temperature phase diagram of a metal or a composition-temperature phase diagram of a binary alloy by methods which are essentially rigorous and from first prin ciples. This book was written with the intention of confronting the materials scientist, the metallurgist, the physical chemist, but also the experimen tal and theoretical condensed-matter physicist, with this new and exciting possibility. Of course there are limitations to such a vast undertaking as this. The selection of the theories and techniques to be discussed, as well as the way in which they are presented, are necessarily biased by personal inclination and personal expertise.
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Jürgen Hafner
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Jürgen Hafner, Austrian Scientist, physics educator. Recipient Kardinal-Innitzer prize Innitzer Foundation, 1981, Erwin-Schrödinger prize Austrian Academy Sciences, 1995. Member Austrian Physical Society (Ludwig-Boltzmann prize 1979), German Physical Society, Chemical-Physical Association (president 1992).
Education
Diploma in engineering, Technology U. Vienna, Austria, 1970; Dr.Techn., Technology U. Vienna, Austria, 1973.
Career
Research assistant, Technology U. Vienna, 1971-1975; docent, Technology U. Vienna, 1979-1982; professor theoretical physics, Technology U. Vienna, since 1982; director Institute Theoretical Physics, Technology U. Vienna, 1991-1995; research associate, Max-Planck-Institute, Stuttgart, 1975-1979; senior visiting scientist, U. Cambridge, England, 1981; professor invité, U. Grenoble, France, 1983.
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From Hamiltonians to Phase Diagrams: The Electronic and Statistical-Mechanical Theory of sp-Bonded Metals and Alloys (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences)
(The development of the modern theory of metals and alloys...)
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From Hamiltonians to Phase Diagrams: The Electronic and Statistical-Mechanical Theory of sp-Bonded Metals and Alloys (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences)
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Member Austrian Physical Society (Ludwig-Boltzmann prize 1979), German Physical Society, Chemical-Physical Association (president 1992).
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Married Anneliese Dokreuzer, May 26,1971. Children: Thomas, Michael.
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