Image: Left to right Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), Y.K. Lee, and L.W. Mo
Description: Creator: Beutler, Margarete 1876-1949 Subject: Wu, C. S (Chien-shiung) 1912-1997 Lee, Y. K Mo, L. W Columbia University
Type: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1963 3/20/1963
Topic: Physics Van de Graaff generator Women scientists
Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-1508]
Summary: The experiments of Columbia University physicists (left to right) Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), Y.K. Lee, and L.W. Mo confirmed the theory of conservation of vector current. In the experiments, which took several months to complete, proton beams from Columbia's Van de Graaff accelerator were transmitted through pipes to strike a 2 mm. Boron target at the entrance to a spectrometer chamber
Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archivess
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