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Electron Anomalous Magnetic Moment

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1948

Julian Seymour Schwinger1948

Cambridge Massachusetts · Science / Physics

Calculates the leading quantum-electrodynamic correction to the electron magnetic moment with striking agreement to experiment.

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Julian Seymour Schwinger

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