Talk:Neville Robinson

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Is there a sourcce for Neville Robinson having done this experiment. I thought it was Nick Kurti. Bluewave 17:30, 11 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

There are a number of references in the literature, e.g. J. M. Daniels, M. A. Grace, and F. N. H. Robinson, An Experiment on Nuclear Alignment: the Anisotropy of γ-Radiation from Oriented Cobalt-60 Nuclei. Nature 168, 780-781 (1951). Might this be the right one? I don't have back issues of Nature to check.

PeterGrannell (talk) 16:47, 2 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

I have checked the issues of Nature. The Nuclear orientation experiment was reported in JM Daniels et al. (cited above). The Nuclear Cooling experiment was reported in 1956 (not 1951) - 1956 also being given in the Obituary written by Kurti (reference 1): N. Kurti, F. N. H. Robinson, F. Simon, D. A. Spohr, Nuclear Cooling, Nature 178, 450-453 (1 September 1956).

PeterGrannell (talk) 22:40, 17 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Ah, that looks like the right citation. I remember repeating the experiment as part of my undergraduate course, but having to be a bit (ahem) 'creative' with the results, because all my liquid helium had boiled away before I could finish taking the measurements. I'm sure Kurti et al were more conscientious, though! Neville Robinson, with typical modesty, always referred to it as being Nick Kurti's experiment. Bluewave (talk) 13:22, 18 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

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