The Mössbauer research community: A report

Abstract

The Mössbauer research community has gone through various stages of development in its 30⁺ year history. Signs of maturity of the Mössbauer effect is shown in the number of experimental applications, the number of Mössbauer transitions that are available and the large number of scientists that have been and are involved with Mössbauer research. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of publications using Mössbauer Spectroscopy to investigate both amorphous and high temperature superconductor materials. This overall growth in the Mössbauer scientific literature has been 6–7% per year since 1984, while during the preceding period there was no increase in the number of publications per year.

The Mössbauer Effect Data Center continues to make use of the various developing technologies in the area of computers and communications. The Center recently completed a ten-year project of bringing together all its databases into one computer system. Also, the Center has recently completed the development of a new approach to the dissemination of information by making available subsets of the Mössbauer database on PC computer disks. The future of the Data Center will focus significant attention on networking strategies with the Mössbauer research community.