Louis Néel

Louis Eugène Félix Néel
Born	22 November 1904(1904-11-22) Lyon, France
Died	17 November 2000(2000-11-17) (aged 95)
Fields	Solid-state physics
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1970)

Louis Eugène Félix Néel ForMemRS (22 November 1904 – 17 November 2000) was a French physicist born in Lyon.^[1] He studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He was corecipient (with the Swedish astrophysicist Hannes Alfvén) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 for his pioneering studies of the magnetic properties of solids.^[2] His contributions to solid state physics have found numerous useful applications, particularly in the development of improved computer memory units. About 1930 he suggested that a new form of magnetic behavior might exist; called antiferromagnetism, as opposed to ferromagnetism. Above a certain temperature (the Néel temperature) this behaviour stops. Néel pointed out (1947) that materials could also exist showing ferrimagnetism. Néel has also given an explanation of the weak magnetism of certain rocks, making possible the study of the history of Earth's magnetic field.^[3]

References

1. ^ Friedel, J.; Averbuch, P. (1 December 2003). "Louis Eugène Félix Néel. 22 November 1904 - 17 November 2000". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 49: 367–384. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2003.0021. 
2. ^ Néel, L. (3 December 1971). "Magnetism and Local Molecular Field". Science 174 (4013): 985–992. doi:10.1126/science.174.4013.985. 
3. ^ Néel, Louis (1 April 1955). "Some theoretical aspects of rock-magnetism". Advances in Physics 4 (14): 191–243. doi:10.1080/00018735500101204. 

• Barbara, B.; Lacroix, Claudine (2000). "Retrospective in Science: Louis Neel (1904–2000)". Science 291 (5506): 1000. doi:10.1126/science.1059052. 
• Coey, Michael (2001). "Obituary: Louis Néel (1904–2000)". Nature 409 (6818): 302–302. doi:10.1038/35053274. 
• Coey, J. M. D. (2003). "Louis Néel: Retrospective (invited)". Journal of Applied Physics 93 (10): 8224–8229. doi:10.1063/1.1557815. 
• Dunlop, David J. (2003). "Partial thermoremanent magnetization: Louis Néel’s legacy in rock magnetism (invited)". Journal of Applied Physics 93 (10): 8236–8240. doi:10.1063/1.1558640. 
• "Louis Néel - Biography". Nobel Lectures, Physics 1963–1970. Elsevier Publishing Company. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1970/neel-bio.html. 
• Néel, Louis (1991). Un siècle de physique. Paris: Jacob. ISBN 978-2738101402. 
• "Louis Néel, un siècle de science à Grenoble". 2004. http://www.louisneel-centenaire.inpg.fr/. Retrieved 27 October 2011. 
• Kurti, Nicholas, ed (1988). Selected works of Louis Néel. New York: Gordon and Breach. ISBN 978-2881243004. 

External links

• Louis Eugène Félix Néel
• Néel Institute Grenoble, France.

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Name	Neel, Louis
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Date of birth	22 November 1904
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Date of death	17 November 2000
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