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Field Electron Emission Theory

Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1928

Ralph Howard Fowler1928

Cambridge · Science / Physics

With Lothar Nordheim, explains electron emission from metals in strong electric fields as quantum tunnelling.

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Ralph Howard Fowler

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