Florian Goebel
{{Short description|German astrophysicist (1972–2008)}}
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| birth_place = Cologne, Germany
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| thesis_title = Measurement of the Diffactive Contribution to the DIS Cross Section using the ZEUS Forward Plug Calorimeter
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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.
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,{{R|masters_thesis|frankly_2016|CERN_Obit1}} 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,{{R|nn_group}} 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.{{R|CV|CERN_Obit1}}
File:MAGIC Telescopes.jpg with some of the other facilities at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory]] In 2002, Goebel joined the Max Planck Institute for Physics's MAGIC project,{{R|CERN_Obit2}} becoming the project manager for MAGIC-II in 2005.{{R|arxiv_1|CERN_Obit1}} 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.{{R|arxiv_1}}
Death and legacy
On 10 September 2008, just nine days prior to the scheduled inauguration of MAGIC-II, Goebel fell about {{convert|10|m|ft}} to his death while changing one of that telescope's lenses, leading to the suspension of the telescope's commencement of operations.{{R|el_mundo|ang_accident}} After his death, the pair of telescopes were renamed the "MAGIC Florian Goebel Telescopes" in his memory.{{R|arxiv_1|CERN_Article}} MAGIC-II had its "first light" on 25 April 2009 after a ceremony during which Goebel's brother assisted with the ribbon-cutting.{{R|CERN_Article}}
Selected publications
- {{cite web|last1=Goebel|first1=Karl Florian|title=A Study of Particle Identification with the Super-Kamiokande Detector|url=http://nngroup.physics.sunysb.edu/nngroup/publication_theses/goebel_thesis.pdf|website=Stony Brook NN Group|date=December 1996}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Bamberger|first1=A|last2=Böttcher|first2=S|last3=Bohnet|first3=I|last4=Fernández|first4=J.P|last5=Goebel|first5=F|last6=Göttlicher|first6=P|last7=Gabareen|first7=A|last8=Garcı́a|first8=G|last9=Gendner|first9=N|last10=Graciani|first10=R|last11=Hauser|first11=M|last12=Horstmann|first12=D|last13=Inuzuka|first13=M|last14=Kasemann|first14=M|last15=Khein|first15=L.A|last16=Löhr|first16=B|last17=Lewis|first17=R|last18=Lim|first18=H|last19=Lindemann|first19=L|last20=Markun|first20=P|last21=Martı́nez|first21=M|last22=Neumann|first22=T|last23=Park|first23=I.H|last24=del Peso|first24=J|last25=Raach|first25=H|last26=Savin|first26=A|last27=Son|first27=D|last28=Tokushuku|first28=K|last29=Wölfle|first29=S|last30=Whitmore|first30=J|last31=Wick|first31=K|last32=Wolf|first32=G|last33=Yamada|first33=S|last34=Yamashita|first34=T|last35=Yamazaki|first35=Y|display-authors=5|title=The ZEUS forward plug calorimeter with lead–scintillator plates and WLS fiber readout|journal=Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment|date=August 2000|volume=450|issue=2–3|pages=235–252|doi=10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00274-6|arxiv=hep-ex/9912045|bibcode=2000NIMPA.450..235B|s2cid=7669937}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Goebel|first1=Florian|title=Performance of the ZEUS forward plug calorimeter|journal=Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment|date=October 2000|volume=453|issue=1–2|pages=230–232|doi=10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00636-7|bibcode=2000NIMPA.453..230G}}
- {{cite web|last1=Goebel|first1=Florian|title=Inclusive diffraction at HERA with a measured leading proton|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/855617/files/hep2001-049.pdf|date=2001}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Bartko|first1=H.|last2=Goebel|first2=F.|last3=Mirzoyan|first3=R.|last4=Pimpl|first4=W.|last5=Teshima|first5=M.|title=Tests of a prototype multiplexed fiber-optic ultra-fast FADC data acquisition system for the MAGIC telescope|journal=Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment|date=August 2005|volume=548|issue=3|pages=464–486|doi=10.1016/j.nima.2005.05.029|arxiv=astro-ph/0505204|bibcode=2005NIMPA.548..464B|s2cid=13307832}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Mazin|first1=Daniel|last2=Goebel|first2=Florian|title=Break in the Very High Energy Spectrum of PG 1553+113: New Upper Limit on Its Redshift?|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|date=20 January 2007|volume=655|issue=1|pages=L13–L16|doi=10.1086/511751|arxiv=astro-ph/0611817|bibcode=2007ApJ...655L..13M|s2cid=10322460}}
- {{cite arXiv |last1=Cortina |first1=Juan |last2=Goebel |first2=Florian |last3=Schweizer |first3=Thomas |title=Technical Performance of the MAGIC Telescopes |eprint=0907.1211|date=7 July 2009|class=astro-ph.IM }}
References
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{{cite news|title=Muere el astrónomo alemán Florian Goebel en Canarias al caer del telescopio 'Magic II'|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/09/11/ciencia/1221147981.html|accessdate=25 January 2018|work=El Mundo|date=11 September 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223044403/http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/09/11/ciencia/1221147981.html|archivedate=23 December 2016|language=Spanish}}
{{cite web|title=A MAGIC touch brings astronomical delights|url=http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/39164|website=CERN Courier|publisher=IOP Publishing|accessdate=25 January 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326173557/http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/39164|archivedate=26 March 2016|date=8 June 2009}}
{{cite web|title=Obituaries (Page 5)|url=http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/36305/5|website=CERN Courier|publisher=IOP Publishing|accessdate=25 January 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808031341/http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/36305/5|archivedate=8 August 2016}}
{{cite journal|title=MAGIC accident|journal=Astronomy & Geophysics|date=October 2008|volume=49|issue=5|pages=5.06|doi=10.1111/j.1468-4004.2008.49504_7.x|issn=1468-4004|oclc=795981216}}
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External links
- {{URL|http://www-zeus.desy.de/~fgoebel/|Florian Goebel's website}}
- {{URL|http://www-zeus.desy.de/|ZEUS official website}}
- {{URL|https://magic.mpp.mpg.de/|MAGIC II official website}}
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Category:German astrophysicists
Category:Accidental deaths from falls