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Max Born prize awarded to Christian Pfleiderer

Aktuell, Pressemitteilung | 26.11.2015


Christian Pfleiderer (left) while experimenting with a doctoral student at the FRM II. (Foto: W. Schürmann / TUM)

23.11.2015

The Institute of Physics (IOP) and the German Physical Society (DPG) have jointly awarded the Max Born Prize to Christian Pfleiderer of TUM's Physik-Department.

Christian Pfleiderer receives the award "for his fundamental contributions towards novel forms of magnetic ordering, especially of lattices of Skyrmions and their manipulation by electric currents."

Christian Pfleiderer's pioneering discovery consists of an exotic magnetic phase in chiral magnets. These contain a lattice of magnetic textures called Skyrmions. Pfleiderer showed that these textures can be manipulated by electric currents of extremly low current density. This opened up a new field of research, which attracts many groups around the world and offers fascinating applications of spintronics.

The awardee feels honored by the prize, but considers that others are honored together with him: "Such a success is only possible with really good and intense collaborations. Luckily, I have been able to establish these – especially here at the physics department and at the FRM II, but also with theoreticians at the University of Cologne. Without the excellent and innovative commitment of our whole team over many years this research area would not have developed in this manner."

Christian Pfleiderer studied physics in Tübingen and Denver. He acquired his doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge where he joined the group of Prof. Lonzarich between 1990 and 1994. Subsequently he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) in Grenoble (1994-1996) and headed a Helmholtz junior university research group in Karlsruhe. In 2004 he was appointed at TUM as associate professor of magnetic materials and in 2014 as full professor of topology of correlated systems.

The Institute of Physics and the German Physical Society instituted this award in 1972 to commemorate Max Born and to cement the relationship between the two institutions. The award is made for outstanding contributions to physics. It is awarded alternately to a physicist selected by either of both institutions. The award consists of a silver medal and is accompanied by a prize of €3000 and a certificate. Previous awardees at TUM's physics department are Wolfgang Kaiser (1982) and Gerhard Abstreiter (1998).

Text: Dr. Johannes Wiedersich


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