Abstract
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
On the interaction of several electrons, unpublished (1934).
The scattering of neutrons by ortho-and parahydrogen (with E. Teller), Phys. Rev. 52, 286 (1937).
On the neutron-proton interaction, Phys. Rev. 55, 235 (1939).
The scattering of neutrons by hydrogen and deuterium molecules ( with M. Hamermesh), Phys. Rev. 55, 679 (1939).
On pair emission in the proton bombardment of fluorine (with J. R. Oppenheimer), Phys. Rev. 56, 1066 (1939).
The electromagnetic properties of mesotrons (with H. C. Corben), Phys. Rev. 58, 191 (1940).
The electromagnetic properties of mesotrons (with H. C. Corben), Phys. Rev. 58, 953 (1940).
Neutron scattering in ortho-and para-hydrogen and the range of nuclear forces, Phys. Rev. 58, 1004 (1940).
The photodisintegration of the deuteron ( with W. Rarita and H. Nye), Phys. Rev. 59, 209 (1941).
The photodisintegration of the deuteron ( with W. Rarita and H. Nye), Phys. Rev. 59, 215 (1941).
On the exchange properties of the neutron–proton interaction ( with W. Rarita), Phys. Rev. 59, 556 (1941).
On a theory of particles with half-integer spin (with W. Rarita), Phys. Rev. 60, 61 (1941).
On the interactions of mesotrons and nuclei (with J. R. Oppenheimer), Phys. Rev. 60, 150 (1941).
The theory of light nuclei ( with E. Gerjuoy), Phys. Rev. 60, 158 (1941).
On the charged scalar mesotron field, Phys. Rev. 60, 159 (1941).
On the charged scalar mesotron field, in Quanta—Essays in Theoretical Physics, Dedicated to Gregor Wentzel, P. O. Freund, C. G. Gobel, and Y. Nambu, eds. (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1970), pp. 101–131.
The quadrupole moment of the deuteron and the range of nuclear forces, Phys. Rev. 60, 164 (1941).
On tensor forces and the theory of light nuclei (with E. Gerjuoy), Phys. Rev. 61, 138 (1942).
On the magnetic moments of 3H and 3He (with R. Sachs), Phys. Rev. 61, 732 (1942).
The magnetic moments of 3H and 3He (with R. Sachs), Phys. Rev. 70, 41 (1946).
On quantum-electrodynamics and the magnetic moment of the electron, Phys. Rev. 73, 416 (1948).
Particles, Sources and Fields, Vol. I (Addison–Wesley, Reading, MA, 1970).
Multispinor basis of Fermi-Bose transformation, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 119, 192 (1979).
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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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