Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Carnegie Institution Department of Terrestrial Magnetism Nuclear Physics Program records, 1927-1963 (bulk 1933-1955).
The collection contains the records of the Nuclear Physics Program of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Noteworthy activities included the construction of van de Graaff generators and a 60-inch cyclotron to conduct scientific experiments and contracted work.
The nuclear physics program of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution began in the 1920s and continued into the mid 1970s. The program was largely driven by Dr. Merle A. Tuve. Pioneering studies of proton-proton scattering and Coulomb excitation work were among the many scientific experiments conducted on high voltage apparatuses by Tuve, N.P. Heydenburg, and others.
Heydenburg, Normal Paulson, 1908-
Tuve, Merle Antony, 1901-1982.
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Cyclotrons.
Nuclear physics.
Protons -- Scattering.
Van de Graaff generator.
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Carnegie Institution of Washington. 5241 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015, USA Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Library and Archives.