Dear colleagues! I want to draw your attention to the review “magnetism of hydrides” by G. Wiesinger and G. Hilscher, published recently as chapter 5 in vol. 17 of the series “Handbook of Magnetic Materials” ed. K.H.J. Buschow (Elsevier). There is a lot of Mössbauer work included. Reprints are available after mailing to wiesinger AT ifp.tuwien.ac.at. regards Günter Wiesinger

July Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May July 3, 1962 The observation of the Mössbauer Effect of 159Tb was ppresented on this date at the Conference on the Mössbauer Effect in Dubna, USSR (I. Dezsi, L. Keszthelyi, Proc. Dubna Conf. ME, p. 64/ 7-1 [63D14C]). Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at «http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html>> http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html, and «http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.pdf>> http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.pdf 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: <mailto:May AT cua.edu>

Dear Colleagues, as you all know, 2008 is the Jubilee Year of Mossbauer Spectroscopy: in January 1958, Rudolf L. Mossbauer submitted his paper on the 191 Ir resonance to Zeitschrift fur Physik and his paper describing the first Doppler shift resonance experiment was published in the end of the same year. On this special occasion, our colleagues from TU Muenchen (F. Parak, W. Petry and E. Wagner) are going to organize a symposium to celebrate this event. For details, please visit the web page

June Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May June 1, 1960 On this day, the first paper on the Mössbauer Effect of 161Dy was received on this date and published as S. Ofer, P. Avivi, R. Bauminger. Marinov, S. G. Cohen, Phys. Rev. 1960, 120,406 [60O01]. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html «http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html>> , and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm 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

May Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May May 26, 1963 Forty-five years ago, the report of the Mõssbauer Effect of 107Ag (107) was submitted on this day by G. E. Bizina, A, G. Beda, N. A. Burgov, and A.V. Davydov, and published as Zh. Eksperim. I Teor. Fiz. 1963, 45, 1408 or Soviet Phys-JETP, 1964, 18, 973 [63B16]. 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>>.

April Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May April 1978 Thirty years ago, the first Seeheim Workshop was held under the direction of P. Gutlich at the Seeheim/Bergstrasse, FRG, during this month. 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

A PhD position is vacant at the University of Iceland, pls. find attached the announcement, also available at http://www.phys.au.dk/~hpg/Phd_iceland.htm Haraldur Gunnlaugsson -- Haraldur P. Gunnlaugsson Associate Professor Institute for Physics and Astronomy Tel. (+45) 8942 3723 Aarhus University Fax (+45) 8612 0740 Ny Munkegade E-mail: hpg AT phys.au.dk DK-8000 Århus-C, Denmark Homepage: http://www.marslab.dk Attachment: PhD_Iceland.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document

March Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May March 8, 1965 The first paper on the Mössbauer Effect of 121Sb was received on this date (R. E. Snyder, G. B. Beard, Phys. Lett. 1965, 15, 44 [65S04]). Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html «https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html>> , and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm «https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=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

Dear All, I need to buy 2 or 3 mossbauer books for my physics library, suitable for first year physics graduates/ working physicists. I would appreciate if you could advise me on what are, in your opinion, the “must have” books for mossbauer, covering preferably theory, experimental details, data analysis and, if possible, applications to magnetic materials and thin films. José Mariano Physics Dep. University of Algarve - Portugal

February Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May February 1, 1960 On this date, the paper on the Mössbauer Effect of 197Au (D. Nagle, P. P. Craig, J. G. Dash, R.D. Reiswig, Phys. Rev. Lett. 1960, 4, 237 [60N01]) was received. 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