Abstract
In this series of articles the life and work of the young Julian Schwinger are explored. In this second article in the series, Schwinger's work at Columbia University, up to the completion of his doctorate and a little after, is discussed. Schwinger soon matured into a brilliant theoretical physicist.
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Conversations and interviews by Jagdish Mehra with Julian Schwinger, Bel Air, CA, March 1988.
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References to Julian Schwinger's Papers
On the magnetic scattering of neutrons. Phys. Rev. 51, 544 (1937).
On nonadiabatic processes in inhomogeneous fields. Phys. Rev. 51, 648 (1937).
The scattering of neutrons by ortho-and parahydrogen ( with E. Teller). Phys. Rev. 51, 775 (1937).
The scattering of neutrons by ortho-and parahydrogen ( with E. Teller). Phys. Rev. 52, 286 (1937).
Depolarization of neutron-proton scattering ( with I. I. Rabi). Phys. Rev. 51, 1003 (1937).
Neutron energy levels (with J. Manley and H. Goldsmith). Phys. Rev. 51, 1022 (1937).
The widths of nuclear energy levels (with J. Manley and H. Goldsmith). Phys. Rev. 55, 39 (1939).
On the neutron-proton interaction. Phys. Rev. 55, 235 (1939).
On the magnetic moments of H3 and He3 (with R. Sachs). Phys. Rev. 61, 732 (1942).
The magnetic moments of H3 and He3 (with R. Sachs). Phys. Rev. 70, 41 (1946).
On the spin of the neutron. Phys. Rev. 50, 1250 (1937).
The resonance absorption of slow neutrons in indium ( with J. Manley and H. Goldsmith).Phys. Rev. 55, 235 (1939).
The neutron-proton scattering, cross section ( with V. Cohen and H. Goldsmith).
Neutron-deuteron scattering cross section ( with L. Motz). Phys. Rev. 57, 161 (1940).
The scattering of thermal neutrons by deuterons (with L. Motz). Phys. Rev. 58, 26 (1940).
The scattering of neutrons by hydrogen and deuterium molecules ( with M. Hamermesh).Phys. Rev. 55, 679 (1939).
The scattering of slow neutrons by ortho-and para-deuterium ( with M. Hamermesh).Phys. Rev. 69, 145 (1946).
Neutron scattering in ortho-and parahydrogen ( with M. Hamermesh). Phys. Rev. 71, 678 (1947).
The photodisintegration of the deuteron (with W. Rarita and H. Nye). Phys. Rev. 59, 436 (1941).
On the neutron-proton interaction (with W. Rarita). Phys Rev. 59, 436 (1941).
On the exchange properties of the neutron-proton interaction ( with W. Rarita). Phys.Rev. 59, 556 (1941).
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Mehra, J., Milton, K.A. & Rembiesa, P. The Young Julian Schwinger. II. Julian Schwinger at Columbia University. Foundations of Physics 29, 787–817 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018830708492
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