left to right: Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), Y.K. Lee, and L.W. Mo
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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
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.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2010-1508
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-1508]