Citation
Fowler, William Alfred (1936) Radioactive Elements of a Low Atomic Number. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JHMA-4140. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10112002-114537
Abstract
Radioactive elements of low atomic number have been produced by the transmutation of various elements from lithium to fluorine by high velocity deuterons. The distribution in energy of the electrons and positrons emitted by these elements has been determined by employing a Wilson cloud chamber traversed by a magnetic field. The electron spectra nave been found to have maximum energies from 5 to 13 MEV while the positron spectra have maximum energies from 1 to 2 MEV. The form of the spectra has been found to be in agreement with a modification of the Fermi theory of beta-decay proposed by Konopinski and Uhlenbeck. The correlation of the maximum energies of the spectra with the energies calculated from the reactions in which the radioactive element is involved is shown to await a more accurate determination in the difference in mass between the neutron and proton.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.)) | ||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | Physics | ||||||
| Degree Grantor: | California Institute of Technology | ||||||
| Division: | Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy | ||||||
| Major Option: | Physics | ||||||
| Awards: | The Nobel Prize in Physics, 1983. | ||||||
| Thesis Availability: | Public (worldwide access) | ||||||
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| Group: | Nobel Prize | ||||||
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| Defense Date: | 1 January 1936 | ||||||
| Additional Information: | The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983 was divided equally between Subramanyan Chandrasekhar "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars" and William Alfred Fowler "for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe." | ||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechETD:etd-10112002-114537 | ||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10112002-114537 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.7907/JHMA-4140 | ||||||
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| Default Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. | ||||||
| ID Code: | 4025 | ||||||
| Collection: | CaltechTHESIS | ||||||
| Deposited By: | Imported from ETD-db | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 11 Oct 2002 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 Oct 2020 01:16 |
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