Peter Hänggi


Peter Hänggi is a theoretical physicist from Switzerland. He is best known for his original works on Brownian motion and the Brownian motor concept, stochastic resonance and dissipative systems. Other topics include, driven quantum tunneling, such as the discovery of coherent destruction of tunneling, phononics, relativistic statistical mechanics and the foundations of classical and quantum thermodynamics.

Notable review papers

The following statement is attributed as Hänggi's Law:
It is labeled as a kind of Murphy's law and it was first seen in Arthur Bloch's work. However, the attribute's relation to Professor Hänggi's research is not clear.
Corollaries: