Enrico Fermi鈥檚 Discovery of Neutron-Induced Artificial Radioactivity: Neutrons and Neutron Sources
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- 作者：Francesco Guerra ; Matteo Leone and Nadia Robotti
- 关键词：Enrico Fermi ; Orso Mario Corbino ; Franco Rasetti ; James Chadwick ; Norman Feather ; Ernest Rutherford ; Fr茅d茅ric Joliot ; Ir猫ne Curie ; Domus Galilaeana ; artificial radioactivity ; polonium ; beryllium neutron source ; radon ; beryllium neutron source
- 刊名：Physics in Perspective (PIP)
- 出版时间：September, 2006
- 出版年：2006
- 期刊代码：94_1422-6944
- 类别：bus
- 卷：8
- 期：3
- 页码：255-281
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
We reconstruct and analyze the path leading from James Chadwick’s discovery of the neutron in February 1932 through Fr茅d茅ric Joliot and Ir猫ne Curie’s discovery of artificial radioactivity in January 1934 to Enrico Fermi’s discovery of neutron-induced artificial radioactivity in March 1934. We show, in particular, that Fermi’s innovative construction and use of radon-beryllium neutron sources permitted him to make his discovery.