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Nuclear physics -- Research

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

David Kreinick papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-22-4601
Content Description

Collection contains the laboratory notebooks of David Kreinick, which include his thoughts and calculations about the data anlysis projects he worked on and the data acquisition problems he addressed. The notebooks cover his time at University of Pennsylvania (1969-1972), Deutsches Elektronen SYnchrotron (DESY), and Cornell Synchrotron.

Dates: 1969 - 2013
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / David Kreinick papers

Hans Albrecht Bethe oral histories

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065186649]
Identifier: 14-22-2521
Scope and content Oral history interviews with Hans Bethe conducted by Charles Weiner and Jagdish Mehra on Oct. 27-28, 1966, Nov. 17, 1967, and May 8-9, 1972. Subjects include natural radioactivity; ideas of nuclear constitution, size in 1920s; Gamow-Condon-Gurney theory of alpha decay, 1928; discovery of the neutron, 1932; Cambridge as a center of research, 1933; early theories of nuclear forces; analysis of short-range nuclear forces, 1935-1940; reasons for writing Reviews of Modern Physics review...
Dates: 1966-1981.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Hans Albrecht Bethe oral histories

Hans Bethe papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-22-976
Abstract Papers of Hans Albrecht Bethe, physicist, Cornell University professor of physics, Nobel laureate. Materials relate to Bethe's work concerning nuclear physics, solar, stellar, and nuclear energy, radiation, conduction in metals, and quantum mechanics; also the administration of the Cornell University Physics Department, and Cornell courses. Collection includes material on arms and arms control, underwater explosion research, the nuclear test ban, the Strategic Defense Initiative, the...
Dates: [ca. 1931]-1995.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Hans Bethe papers

Joe Burns papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16-5-4121
Scope and content

Files, primarily from his tenure as Vice Provost, include materials on the Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory/National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center. Also includes files on the decommissioning of the nuclear reactor at the Ward Center for Nuclear Sciences.

Dates: 2000-2007
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Joe Burns papers

K. Bingham Cady papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16-5-4210
Scope and content

Includes lecture notes and publications.

Dates: 1956-2001.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / K. Bingham Cady papers

Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics photographs

 Collection — Box 17: [Barcode: 31924070747856]
Identifier: 14-22-3483
Abstract

Includes material documenting events, the Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory and work done at the lab.

Dates: 1950-2005.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics photographs

Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics records

 Collection — F 1954
Identifier: 14-22-3898
Abstract

Includes publications written by Cornell physicists and colliding beam experiment reports.

Dates: 1953-2010.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics records

Robert L. Sproull memoirs [[electronic resource]]

 Collection — electronic records
Identifier: 41-5-4250
Scope and content Collection of documents mainly created by Sproull regarding his life. Includes autobiography, oral history interview, curriculum vitae, speeches and publications. Topics include his education experiences at Deep Springs College, Telluride Association, and Cornell University. Work regarding experimental physics and nuclear studies at Princeton, Cornell and Rochester. Copies of talks and papers on various aspects of nuclear and atomic studies, global warming, and education. Copy of a speech...
Dates: 1965-2006.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Robert L. Sproull memoirs [[electronic resource]]

Robert R. Wilson papers

 Collection — Mapcase folder ? (unprocessed)
Identifier: 14-22-3093
Abstract Memorabilia documenting the development of atomic energy research and high energy physics in the United States, Europe , and Asia. Dr. Wilson was a renowned expert on designing and constructing cyclotrons and synchrotrons, serving as consultant on projects around the world. Included in his professional papers are drawings, designs and photographs of some of the buildings, accelerators and equipment he helped design, as well as some of his sculptures. Among the personal papers in the...
Dates: 1936-2000.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Robert R. Wilson papers

Ward Center for Nuclear Sciences records

 Collection — Box 18: [Barcode: 31924093407470]
Identifier: 16-15-3596
Abstract

Includes reports, minutes of meetings, as built-drawings, manuals, visitor registers, and log books concerning the nuclear reactor in Ward Hall and the Ward Center for Nuclear Sciences.

Dates: 1955-2006.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ward Center for Nuclear Sciences records

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