Florian Goebel
German astrophysicist (1972–2008)
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Karl Florian Goebel (18 October 1972 — 10 September 2008) was a German astrophysicist attached to the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich. He had also been a member of DESY, a German-based research center that develops and runs several particle accelerators and detectors, most notably the ZEUS project.
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| Born | 18 October 1972 Cologne, Germany |
| Died | 10 September 2008 (aged 35) La Palma, Spain |
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| Known for | MAGIC and MAGIC-II telescopes |
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| Fields | Astrophysics |
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| Thesis | Measurement of the Diffactive Contribution to the DIS Cross Section using the ZEUS Forward Plug Calorimeter (2001) |
| Website | www-zeus |
At the time of his death he was managing the MAGIC-II telescope project. His death led to the suspension of the official inauguration date for MAGIC-II, originally set for 19 September 2008.
Education and career
Goebel graduated from Heidelberg University in July 1995 with an undergraduate degree in Physics. As a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship,[1][2][3] he earned his master's degree in Physics from Stony Brook University, the first degree awarded from work with the Stony Brook Nucleon decay and Neutrino Group's participation in the Super-Kamiokande experiment,[4] in December 1996. Goebel completed his PhD in Physics at the DESY in Hamburg in September 2001 as part of his work on the ZEUS project.[5][3]
In 2002, Goebel joined the Max Planck Institute for Physics's MAGIC project,[6] becoming the project manager for MAGIC-II in 2005.[7][3] MAGIC-II, the companion to the MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescope, is situated 85 metres from its counterpart at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands.[7]
Death and legacy
On 10 September 2008, just nine days prior to the scheduled inauguration of MAGIC-II, Goebel fell about 10 metres (33 ft) to his death while changing one of that telescope's lenses, leading to the suspension of the telescope's commencement of operations.[8][9] After his death, the pair of telescopes were renamed the "MAGIC Florian Goebel Telescopes" in his memory.[7][10] MAGIC-II had its "first light" on 25 April 2009 after a ceremony during which Goebel's brother assisted with the ribbon-cutting.[10]
Selected publications
- Goebel, Karl Florian (December 1996). "A Study of Particle Identification with the Super-Kamiokande Detector" (PDF). Stony Brook NN Group.
- Bamberger, A; Böttcher, S; Bohnet, I; Fernández, J.P; Goebel, F; et al. (August 2000). "The ZEUS forward plug calorimeter with lead–scintillator plates and WLS fiber readout". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 450 (2–3): 235–252. arXiv:hep-ex/9912045. Bibcode:2000NIMPA.450..235B. doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00274-6. S2CID 7669937.
- Goebel, Florian (October 2000). "Performance of the ZEUS forward plug calorimeter". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 453 (1–2): 230–232. Bibcode:2000NIMPA.453..230G. doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00636-7.
- Goebel, Florian (2001). "Inclusive diffraction at HERA with a measured leading proton" (PDF).
- Bartko, H.; Goebel, F.; Mirzoyan, R.; Pimpl, W.; Teshima, M. (August 2005). "Tests of a prototype multiplexed fiber-optic ultra-fast FADC data acquisition system for the MAGIC telescope". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 548 (3): 464–486. arXiv:astro-ph/0505204. Bibcode:2005NIMPA.548..464B. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2005.05.029. S2CID 13307832.
- Mazin, Daniel; Goebel, Florian (20 January 2007). "Break in the Very High Energy Spectrum of PG 1553+113: New Upper Limit on Its Redshift?". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (1): L13–L16. arXiv:astro-ph/0611817. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655L..13M. doi:10.1086/511751. S2CID 10322460.
- Cortina, Juan; Goebel, Florian; Schweizer, Thomas (7 July 2009). "Technical Performance of the MAGIC Telescopes". arXiv:0907.1211 [astro-ph.IM].