The Rudolf Mössbauer Story: His Scientific Work and Its Impact on Science and History

Book Overview

How the M?ssbauer Story started in Munich.- Discovery of the M?ssbauer-Effect and its Early History.- Discovery of the Recoil Free Resonance Absorption of Gamma-Rays.- The Iridium and Early Iron Age.- Identification of Hyperfine Interactions in the M?ssbauer Spectra.- Other Important M?ssbauer Transitions.- CALTECH Years of Rudolf M?ssbauer.- Selected Highlights of M?ssbauer Spectroscopy.- Determination of the Nuclear Parameters of Many M?ssbauer-Transitions.- Isomer Shifts in Solid State Chemistry.- Internal Fields.- Time-Dependent Effect.- Medical and Biological Applications.- Relativistic Effects.- M?ssbauer Effect with Synchrotron Radiation.- Outlook.- M?ssbauer Effect with Neutrinos.- Dreams with Synchrotron Radiation.- Neutrino Oscillations - The Second Love of M?ssbauer.- The "Second M?ssbauer Effect".

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364243889X
• ISBN13: 9783642438899
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"