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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1960s (79) 1961 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1929 (14) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Munich (7) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2010s (99) 2011 (12) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Grünwald (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) R (80) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) M (84) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) R (59) Rudolf (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 30 - 39 (40) 33 (4) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, central (117) Germany (98) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Germany (64) Munich (9) Technical University (3) North America (309) United States (303) Western states (85) California (81) Pasadena (18) California Institute of Technology (18) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Munich (51) Technical University of Munich (18) Alumni (13) Long-term academic staff (6) North America (529) United States (521) Western states (262) California (253) Pasadena (73) California Institute of Technology (73) Long-term academic staff (21) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academia Europaea (55) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL (36) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) B (102) Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (67) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) I (60) Indian National Science Academy (36) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Einstein Medal (8) B (132) Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (25) Bavarian Order of Merit (7) E-F (439) E (135) Elliott Cresson Medal (30) F (394) Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) G-H (389) G (254) Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (23) K-L (297) L (183) Lomonosov Gold Medal (23) O-P (364) P (242) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (65) Q-Z (398) R (196) Rontgen-Preis (1) complete name: Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer nobel prize: physics award year: 1961 together with: Robert Hofstadter prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1961 was divided equally between Robert Hofstadter "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons" and Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer "for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Rudolf family name: Mössbauer occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher occupation: nuclear scientist field of work: physics work location: Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany description: Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer was a German physicist best known for his 1957 discovery of recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics. This effect, called the Mössbauer effect, is the basis for Mössbauer spectroscopy. pronunciation: (German spelling: Mößbauer) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1961. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1961/summary/> date birth: 1929 date death: 2011 usual name: Rudolf Mössbauer