Abstract
In this series of articles the early life and work of the young Julian Schwinger are explored. In the present article, Schwinger's work at the MIT Radiation Laboratory during the Second World War is described.
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Taped conversations and interviews by Jagdish Mehra with Julian Schwinger in Bel Air, CA, March 1988.
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REFERENCES TO JULIAN SCHWINGER'S PAPERS
On the magnetic scattering of neutrons. Phys. Rev. 51, 544 (1937).
The scattering of neutrons by ortho-and parahydrogen (with E. Teller). Phys. Rev. 51, 775 (1937).
The scattering of neutrons by ortho-and parahydrogen (with E. Teller). Phys. Rev. 52, 286 (1937).
On tensor forces and the theory of light nuclei (with E. Gerjuoy). Phys. Rev. 61. 138 (1942).
On a field theory of nuclear forces. Phys. Rev. 61, 387 (1942).
On the magnetic moments of 3H and 3He (with R. Sachs). Phys. Rev. 61, 732 (1942).
The scattering of slow neutrons by ortho-and para-deuterium (with M. Hamermesh). Phys. Rev. 69, 145 (1946).
Polarization of neutrons by resonance scattering in helium. Phys. Rev. 69, 681 (1946).
The magnetic moments of 3H and 3He ( with R. Sachs). Phys. Rev. 70, 41 (1946).
On the radiation of sound from an unflanged circular pipe (with H. Levine). Phys. Rev. 72, 742 (1947).
A variational principle for scattering problems. Phys. Rev. 72, 742 (1947).
On the radiation of sound from an unflanged circular pipe (with H. Levine). Phys. Rev. 73, 383 (1948).
On the polarization of fast neutrons. Phys. Rev. 73, 407 (1948).
On the theory of diffraction by an aperture in an infinite plane screen I (with H. Levine). Phys. Rev. 74, 958 (1948).
Variational principle for diffraction problems ( with H. Levine). Phys. Rev. 74, 1212 (1948).
On the theory of diffraction by an aperture in an infinite plane screen II (with H. Levine). Phys. Rev. 75, 1423 (1949)
On the transmission coefficient of a circular aperture (with H. Levine). Phys. Rev. 75, 1608 (1949).
On the theory of electromagnetic wave diffraction by an aperture in an infinite plane conducting screen (with H. Levine). Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 4, 355 (1950).
On the representation of the electric and magnetic produced by currents and discontinuities in wave guides ( with N. Marcuvitz). J. Appl. Phys. 22, 806 (1951).
Radiation force and torque (with H. Levine). Phys. Rev. 87, 224 (1952).
Discontinuities in Wave Guides (with D. Saxon) (Gordon & Breach, New York, 1969).
The greening of quantum field theory: George and I. Lecture at Nottingham, 14 July 1993 (hep-ph/93 10283).
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Mehra, J., Milton, K.A. & Rembiesa, P. The Young Julian Schwinger. IV. During the Second World War. Foundations of Physics 29, 967–1010 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018825429390
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