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Synchrotron Radiation from Electrons

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

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1947

Herbert Pollock1947

Schenectady · Science / Physics

Participates in the first observation of visible synchrotron radiation emitted by relativistic electrons circulating in a synchrotron.

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Herbert Pollock

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