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Accolade for research work on lunar radiation
Professor Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber has received the International Cooperation Zhongguancun Award 2020 by the city of Beijing. The astrophysicist received this award for Kiel’s contribution to the Chinese mission to the moon, Chang‘E 4. Together with his team, he developed and built the Lunar Lander Neutron and Dosimetry (LND) instrument at Kiel University (CAU). It has been measuring radiation levels on the moon since the start of 2019, because the radiation there represents a serious hazard for future manned moon bases. It was possible to measure this radiation precisely for the first time using this instrument. The Beijing Science and Technology Award 2020 was announced at the Zhongguancun Forum on 25 September. 150 achievements and 14 individual scientists - six of whom are international researchers - received awards. “This is a wonderful recognition of our team’s excellent work and of the good cooperation with our Chinese colleagues,” said Professor Wimmer-Schweingruber.
Further links:
List of the award winners (automatically translated by Google, German):
https://bit.ly/awards-beijing
ZGC Forum:
http://www.zgcforum.com.cn/en/index.html
Information about Chang‘E 4 and LND:
http://www.physik.uni-kiel.de/de/institute/ieap/et/forschung/LND_ChangE4
Press release from 25.9.2020 on Chang‘E 4 and LND:
http://www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/news/203-moon-mission
Photos are available for download at:
http://www.uni-kiel.de/de/pressemitteilungen/portraitbilder/robert-f-wimmer-schweingruber.jpg
Award winner Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber.
© Jürgen Haacks, Kiel University
http://www.uni-kiel.de/de/pressemitteilungen/2020/203-LND.jpg
The Lunar Lander Neutron and Dosimetry (LND) has been measuring radiation levels on the surface of the moon since 2019.
© Stefan Kolbe, Kiel University
Contact:
Prof. Dr Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics
Telephone: +49 (0)431/880-3964
E-mail: wimmer@physik.uni-kiel.de
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Prof. Dr Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics
Telephone: +49 (0)431/880-3964
E-mail: wimmer@physik.uni-kiel.de
https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/news/216-zgc-award
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