Lady or tiger? The Meitner-Hupfeld effect and Heisenberg's neutron theory

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 130-136

  Brown, Laurie M ^a   Moyer, Donald F ^b  

^a Northwestern University ^*

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84967848442     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: 19432909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.13920     Document Type: Article

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