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Reinhard Meinel (born 21 October 1958, in Jena) is the Head of the Relativistic Astrophysics group at the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Jena, Germany. In 1993 he published together with Gernot Neugebauer a complete analytical solution to the field equations of Albert Einstein's Theory of gravity in the case of a rigidly rotating disk of dust.[1] He is internationally recognized as being one of the leading experts on the field of analytical gravity, and listed as a major contributor to general relativity.

Reinhard Meinel
Born	(1958-10-21) 21 October 1958 (age 63) Jena, Germany
Citizenship	German
Alma mater	Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Known for	Analytic solution of the rigidly rotating disk of dust in GR
Scientific career
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, ZMDI, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

Education and career

He graduated in Physics at the University of Jena and obtained his Diploma (1981) and his Ph.D. (1984) in physics there. After working at the GDR Center for Research and Technology in Microelectronics (now the ZMDI semiconductor company) and the Institute for Nuclear Research (now Helmholtz-Zentrum) in Dresden and the Institute for Astrophysics (now Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam) in Potsdam, he returned to the University of Jena where he was appointed extraordinary Professor in 1999. In 1989, he signed the "Aufbruch 89" [Initiative 89] founding proclamation of the New Forum which contributed to the fall of the GDR regime shortly after.

Professor Meinel is also actively engaged in teaching, and was awarded the Teaching Award of the Physics Faculty in Jena on 6 June 2007 for his course on Quantum Mechanics I.

See also

• Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Sources

• https://www.physik.uni-jena.de/en/meinel.html
• https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3046

References

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[de] Reinhard Meinel

Reinhard Meinel (* 21. Oktober 1958 in Jena) ist ein deutscher Physiker. Er ist der Leiter der Gruppe Relativistische Astrophysik am Institut für Theoretische Physik an der Universität Jena. Er ist als einer der führenden Experten bei der analytischen Behandlung der Gravitationstheorie international anerkannt. Außerdem gehört er zu den Erstunterzeichnern des Aufrufs, der zur Gründung des Neuen Forums führte.

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