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The Young Julian Schwinger. III. Schwinger Goes to Berkeley

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In this series of articles the early life and work of the young Julian Schwinger is explored. After a brilliant beginning at Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D., Schwinger went to work with J. Robert Oppenheimer in Berkeley. His stay, work, and interactions with Oppenheimer are discussed.

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REFERENCES TO JULIAN SCHWINGER'S PAPERS

  1. On the interaction of several electrons, unpublished (1934).

  2. The scattering of neutrons by ortho-and parahydrogen (with E. Teller), Phys. Rev. 52, 286 (1937).

  3. On the neutron-proton interaction, Phys. Rev. 55, 235 (1939).

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  5. On pair emission in the proton bombardment of fluorine (with J. R. Oppenheimer), Phys. Rev. 56, 1066 (1939).

  6. The electromagnetic properties of mesotrons (with H. C. Corben), Phys. Rev. 58, 191 (1940).

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  8. Neutron scattering in ortho-and para-hydrogen and the range of nuclear forces, Phys. Rev. 58, 1004 (1940).

  9. The photodisintegration of the deuteron ( with W. Rarita and H. Nye), Phys. Rev. 59, 209 (1941).

  10. The photodisintegration of the deuteron ( with W. Rarita and H. Nye), Phys. Rev. 59, 215 (1941).

  11. On the exchange properties of the neutron–proton interaction ( with W. Rarita), Phys. Rev. 59, 556 (1941).

  12. On a theory of particles with half-integer spin (with W. Rarita), Phys. Rev. 60, 61 (1941).

  13. On the interactions of mesotrons and nuclei (with J. R. Oppenheimer), Phys. Rev. 60, 150 (1941).

  14. The theory of light nuclei ( with E. Gerjuoy), Phys. Rev. 60, 158 (1941).

  15. On the charged scalar mesotron field, Phys. Rev. 60, 159 (1941).

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  18. On tensor forces and the theory of light nuclei (with E. Gerjuoy), Phys. Rev. 61, 138 (1942).

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  20. The magnetic moments of 3H and 3He (with R. Sachs), Phys. Rev. 70, 41 (1946).

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Mehra, J., Milton, K.A. & Rembiesa, P. The Young Julian Schwinger. III. Schwinger Goes to Berkeley. Foundations of Physics 29, 931–966 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018873312552

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