Richard M.

Weiner
Richard M. Weiner (6 February 1930 – 13 August
2020[1]) was a professor of theoretical physics at the Richard M. Weiner
University of Marburg in Marburg, Germany and an
associate of the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique at
Paris-Sud University in Orsay, France.

Biography
Weiner was born 1930 in Cernăuți, Kingdom of
Romania (presently Chernivtsi, Ukraine). He was a
survivor of the Chernivtsi ghetto during World War II.
He then moved to Bucharest, where he studied physics
at the University of Bucharest. In a paper from 1956,
he predicted the phenomenon of isomeric shift, his
calculations showing that it should be measurable by
atomic spectroscopy.[2] Weiner got his PhD in Physics
at the University of Bucharest in 1958, and from 1951
Born February 6, 1930
to 1968 he worked as a research scientist at the Physics
Cernăuți, Kingdom of Romania
Institute of the Romanian Academy of Sciences.
Because of his intention to leave the Romanian Died August 13, 2020 (aged 90)
communist regime, he was retrograded and denied an Marburg, Germany
exit visa, being one of the first refuseniks of Central Citizenship Romanian, German
and Eastern Europe. His 1969 flight from communist Alma mater University of Bucharest
Romania and joining CERN in Geneva made headlines
Known for Isomeric shift
in the media.[3] Bose–Einstein correlations
Scientific career

Work Fields Nuclear physics, Theoretical

physics
Richard Weiner predicted the isomeric shift[2][4][5] Institutions Institute of Physics of the
which has found wide applications in many fields of Romanian Academy of Sciences
physics. [6][7] He also predicted the hot spot effect in CERN
[8]
subatomic physics and has made contributions to the Thesis (1958)
theory of Bose–Einstein correlations being also the
author of the only textbook on Bose–Einstein correlations.[9] He was the initiator and co-organizer of the
series of meetings LESIP.[10][11] He also published a book titled Analogies in Physics and Life, A
scientific Autobiography.[3]

He supervised Ph.D. theses by Norbert Stelte, Michael Plümer, Udo Ornik, Fernando Navara, Bernhard
Schlei, and Nelly Arbex, and had as postdoctoral collaborators among others Sibaji Raha, Apostolos
Vourdas, Fred Pottag, and Leonid Razumov.
Weiner had over 180 publications in scientific journals and books. He also published a science-fiction
novel in German, Das Miniatom-Projekt.[12][13][14] He was asked for interviews, among others by the
Frankfurter Rundschau[13] and was invited by Hessischer Rundfunk within the series Doppelkopf
dedicated to renowned personalities.

Books authored
R. M. Weiner (2000). Introduction to Bose–Einstein Correlations and Subatomic
Interferometry. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0471969222.
Richard M. Weiner (2006). Das Miniatom-Projekt. LiteraturWissenschaft.de. ISBN 3-936134-
14-6.
R. M. Weiner (2008). Analogies in Physics and Life, A Scientific Autobiography (https://doi.or
g/10.1142/6350). World Scientific. doi:10.1142/6350 (https://doi.org/10.1142%2F6350).
ISBN 978-981-270-470-2.
R. M. Weiner (2010). The Miniatom Project (https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=boo
ks&linkCode=qs&keywords=1451501722). CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1451501728.
Richard M. Weiner (2014). Aufstand der Denkcomputer. Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft.
ISBN 978-3-936134-41-4.
Richard. M. Weiner (2016). Rise of the Thinking Computers: A science fantasy.
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781535095761.

Books edited
D. Scott; R. M. Weiner (1985). Local Equilibrium in Strong Interaction Physics, LESIP I.
World Scientific. ISBN 9971-978-06-7.
M. Plümer; S. Raha; R. M. Weiner (1990). Correlations and Multiparticle Production-CAMP,
LESIP IV. World Scientific. ISBN 981-02-0331-4.
R. M. Weiner (1997). Bose–Einstein Correlations in Particle and Nuclear Physics, A
Collection of Reprints. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-96979-6.

References
1. Nachricht in der Oberhessischen Presse Marburg (https://www.op-marburg.de/Marburg/Der-
Marburger-Physiker-Richard-M.-Weiner-ist-im-Alter-von-90-Jahren-gestorben) vom 30.
August 2020; Seite seines Verlags (https://literaturwissenschaft.de/buch/tagebuch-eines-de
nkcomputers.html)
2. R. M. Weiner (1956). "Nuclear isomeric shift on spectral lines". Nuovo Cimento. 4 (6): 1587.
Bibcode:1956NCim....4.1587W (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1956NCim....4.1587W).
doi:10.1007/bf02746390 (https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fbf02746390). S2CID 122616293 (http
s://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:122616293).
3. Richard M. Weiner (2008). Analogies in Physics and Life, A Scientific Autobiography (https://
doi.org/10.1142/6350). World Scientific. doi:10.1142/6350 (https://doi.org/10.1142%2F635
0). ISBN 978-981-270-470-2.
4. R. M. Weiner (1959). "Charge Distribution of Excited Isomeric Nuclei and Atomic Spectra
(The Nuclear Isomeric Shift)". Physical Review. 114 (1): 256.
Bibcode:1959PhRv..114..256W (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1959PhRv..114..256W).
doi:10.1103/PhysRev.114.256 (https://doi.org/10.1103%2FPhysRev.114.256).
OSTI 4297429 (https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4297429).
 5. R. M. Weiner (1958). "Ядерная изомерия и атомные спектры". Zhurnal Eksperimental'noi
i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki. 35 (1): 284–286. translated in R. M. Weiner (1959). "Nuclear
Isomerism and Atomic Spectra" (https://web.archive.org/web/20180718001329/http://www.je
tp.ac.ru/cgi-bin/dn/e_008_01_0196.pdf) (PDF). Journal of Experimental and Theoretical
Physics. 8 (1): 196–197. Archived from the original (http://www.jetp.ac.ru/cgi-bin/dn/e_008_0
1_0196.pdf) (PDF) on 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
6. D. A. Shirley (1961). "Nuclear Applications of Isomeric Shifts". In D. H. Compton; A. H.
Schoen (eds.). Proceedings of the International Conference on the Mössbauer Effect.
Saclay: John Wiley & Sons. p. 258.
7. S. L. Ruby (1978). G. K. Shenoy; F. E. Wagner (eds.). Mössbauer Isomer Shifts. North
Holland. p. 1.
8. R. M. Weiner (1974). "Asymmetry in Peripheral Production Processes". Physical Review
Letters. 32 (11): 630. Bibcode:1974PhRvL..32..630W (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/19
74PhRvL..32..630W). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.32.630 (https://doi.org/10.1103%2FPhysRe
vLett.32.630).
9. R. M. Weiner (2000). Introduction to Bose–Einstein Correlations and Subatomic
Interferometry. John Wiley & Sons. Bibcode:2000ibcs.book.....W (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.e
du/abs/2000ibcs.book.....W).
10. D. Scott; R. M. Weiner (1985). Local Equilibrium in Strong Interaction Physics (LESIP I).
World Scientific. ISBN 9971-978-06-7.
11. M. Plümer; S. Raha; R. M. Weiner (1990). Correlations and Multiparticle Production-CAMP,
(LESIP IV). World Scientific. ISBN 981-02-0331-4.
12. Richard M. Weiner (2007). Das Miniatom-Projekt (in German).
13. Frankfurter Rundschau, February 14, 2007.
14. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, October 31, 2007.

External links
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r.1) on INSPIRE-HEP

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