left to right: Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), Y.K. Lee, and L.W. Mo

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-1508]

Creator: Beutler, Margarete 1876-1949

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1963

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2010-1508

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Summary

The experiments of Columbia University physicists (left to right) Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), Y.K. Lee, and L.W. Mo confirmed the theory of conservation of vector current. In the experiments, which took several months to complete, proton beams from Columbia's Van de Graaff accelerator were transmitted through pipes to strike a 2 mm. Boron target at the entrance to a spectrometer chamber.

Subject

  • Wu, C. S (Chien-shiung) 1912-1997
  • Lee, Y. K
  • Mo, L. W
  • Columbia University

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2010-1508

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1963
  • 3/20/1963

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Topic

  • Van de Graaff generator
  • Women scientists
  • Physics

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-1508]

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