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Klaus von Klitzing

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Klaus von Klitzing, born in 1943, is a German physicist. He won the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, a phenomenon observed in electrical conductors under strong magnetic fields at low temperatures in which the Hall conductance takes on precisely quantized values.

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1943 1
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Germany 1
Birthplace
Środa Wielkopolska, Poland 1
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Physics 1
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1. Klaus von Klitzing (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Germany
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  • P19 (place of birth): Środa Wielkopolska, Poland
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  • Works In: Physics, Lead sentence
    Klaus von Klitzing (; born 28 June 1943) is a German physicist, known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  • Member Of: American Physical Society, Categories
    Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
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