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Nuclear K-Electron Capture Observed

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

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1937

Luis Walter Alvarez1937

Berkeley · Science / Physics

Provides the first experimental demonstration of nuclear K-electron capture by detecting characteristic X-rays following the capture of an orbital electron.

Names involved

Luis Walter Alvarez

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