Abstract
The thorough discussions of the anomalous continuity in energy of the primary beta particles in the wake of the Ellis-Wooster experiment thrust the beta linespectrum into the background for some time. Yet, especially in Cambridge, great efforts were made to obtain a better understanding of the line spectrum. In this chapter, we shall see how this work led to a satisfactory quantum theory of internal conversion.
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Jensen, C., Aaserud, F., Kragh, H., Rüdinger, E., Stuewer, R.H. (2000). Towards a Theory of Internal Conversion: The Beta Line-Spectrum, 1927–1934. In: Aaserud, F., Kragh, H., Rüdinger, E., Stuewer, R.H. (eds) Controversy and Consensus: Nuclear Beta Decay 1911–1934. Science Networks · Historical Studies, vol 24. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8444-0_7
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