TY - CONF A1 - Stanik, Eva A1 - Döhring, Thorsten A1 - Schreiber, Kai A1 - Kätker, Anna A1 - Busch, Uwe T1 - The Röntgen Medal: honouring X-ray excellence T2 - SPIE Proceedings N2 - Starting in 1951, the 50th anniversary of the award of the first Nobel Prize for physics to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, the Lord Mayor of the German City of Remscheid has given out Röntgen Medals. The Röntgen Medal annually honours scientists who "in the broadest sense have made a special contribution to the progress and dissemination of X-ray discoveries in the theoretical and applied sciences". The Röntgen Medal has become highly recognized in the scientific world. To date, more than one hundred excellent scientists have received the honour. Through their chronology, this contribution presents a "Who’s Who" of X-ray science and provides selected insights into their scientific work; with the fields of X-ray optics and X-ray astronomy receiving special focus. KW - Röntgen medal KW - X-ray optics KW - X-ray astronomy KW - science history KW - Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, 1845-1923 KW - Auszeichnung KW - Röntgenoptik KW - Röntgenastronomie Y1 - 2023 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-h-ab/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2100 VL - 2023 IS - 12576 SP - 1257608-1 EP - 1257608-8 PB - SPIE ER -