Hans Capel

Hans Willem Capel (born 3 June 1936, died 8 April 2023)[1] was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He was a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Amsterdam between 1983 and 1998.[1]

Capel was born in Sceaux, France. He obtained his PhD in mathematics and physics at Leiden University in 1965 with a dissertation titled: "The hole-equivalence principle, the Van Vleck relation and the application to the theory of d-ions in Ligand fields".[1] Capel subsequently was a lector of theoretical physics at the same university in 1970, and served as professor between 1979 and 1983.[2] He is well known for introducing, in Statistical Physics, the Blume-Capel model, describing tricritical points. Apart from to Statistical Mechanics, he made important contributions to many fields of physics, especially in the theory of integrable systems (in particular discrete integrable systems) and dynamical systems theory.

Capel was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1990.[3]

References
  1. "Prof. dr. H.W. Capel, 1936 -". University of Amsterdam.
  2. "Hans Willem Capel". Leiden University. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017.
  3. "Hans Capel". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017.


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