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Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Tollestrup, Alvin
URN	etd-07012004-111101
Persistent URL	http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-07012004-111101
Title	Precision determination of the energy released in nuclear reactions in the light elements
Degree	PhD
Option	Physics
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Charles Christian Lauritsen Committee Chair
Keywords	none
Date of Defense	1950-01-01
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract NOTE: Text or symbols not renderable in plain ASCII are indicated by [...]. Abstract is included in .pdf document. A precision determination of the energy released in the following nuclear reactions has been made: (1) [...], (2) [...] , (3) [...], (4) [...], (5) [...], (6) [...], (7) [...]. An electrostatic generator and analyzer was used to furnish a beam of protons of accurately known energy and a double focusing magnetic spectrograph used to perform a momentum analysis of the particles arising in the reactions. A scintillation counter suitable for the detection of particles arising in nuclear reactions is described and the theory of the associated electronic equipinent is given. The Q-values of the reactions are used to calculate the [...] mass difference and three low energy points on the range energy curve are established. A resume of all accurately determined Q-values is given.
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