In Carsten Jensen's Memory --;The Main Decay Chains --;1. Prelude: Beta-Spectrum Research in the Pre-Nuclear Years, 1900-1911 --;2. The Origin of Beta Rays, and the Growing Complexity of Their Spectrum: The Rutherford Era, 1911-1919 --;3. The Rise of a Controversy: Ellis, Meitner and Smekal Advance Different Beta-Spectrum Theories, 1920-1922 --;4. Secondary Effects and Order of Emission: Two Main Questions in the Controversy, 1923-1925 --;5. The End of the Beginning: The Controversy Enters the Decisive Phase, 1925-1929 --;6. From Anomaly to Explanation: The Continuous Beta Spectrum, 1929-1934.
In 1920s, a long-lasting controversy on the interpretation of nuclear beta spectrum arose between Lise Meitner and Charles Drummond Ellis. A new dispute, this time between Niels Bohr and Wolfgang Pauli, broke out. Pauli argued for a new particle, and Bohr for a new theory;
Beta decay -- History.
Beta decay.
Désintégration bêta -- Histoire.
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