International Board on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect
November Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy
Leopold May
November 23, 1959 The first two papers on the Mõssbauer Effect of
57Fe
were received on this date
and published in Phys.
Rev. Lett. 1959, 3, 554,
co-authored by R. V. Pound
and G. A. Rebka, Jr., and Phys. Rev. Lett. 1959, 3, 556 co-authored by J. P.
Schiffer and W. Marshall.
Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at
http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html, and
http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm
Dr. Leopold May
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064
*Tel: 202-319-5392; FAX: 202-319-5381
*E-mail:
may AT cua.edu
*Website: http://faculty.cua.edu/may