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Fermi Acceleration Mechanism

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

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1949

Enrico Fermi1949

Chicago · Science / Physics

Publishes a theory of stochastic particle acceleration that later becomes known as second-order Fermi acceleration.

Names involved

Enrico Fermi

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