Roman Ulrich Sexl

Roman Ulrich Sexl
Born (1939-10-19)October 19, 1939
Vienna, Austria
Died July 10, 1986(1986-07-10)
Nationality Austrian
Fields Theoretical physics
Institutions University of Vienna, Miami University
Alma mater University of Vienna
Doctoral students Reza Mansouri
Known for contributions to general relativity, textbooks on Special relativity
Notable awards Richard Wohl price

Roman Ulrich Sexl (October 19, 1939, Vienna - July 10, 1986, Vienna) was one of the leading Austrian theoretical physicists. He is famous for his textbooks on Special relativity.

Life

His most cited work is "On the gravitational field of a massless particle" together with Peter C. Aichelburg.[1] Since 1972 he was professor for Cosmology and General Relativity at the University of Vienna. From 1971 to 1975 he was the director of the Institute for Space Exploration at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

In 1980 he received the Robert Wichard-Pohl prize.[2] Today there is the annual Roman-Ulrich-Sexl-Prize for extraordinary achievements in teaching physics.

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