DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY

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• Publication Date: January 15, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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11. U.S.C. Bows. 793 and 794. the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorised person Is prohibited by law.
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Hungary
Developments in Theoretical Physics
and Nuclear Chemistry
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JAN 1939
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1? In the field of theoretical physics in Hungary there is a general program
under the leadership of Dr. Novobaczky.l In this field several groups
are active, including one under Szalay and another concerned with crystal
physics under QynrEai:`. A new statistical theory has been developed by
pill Gombas. Around 1956 the KFKI (Central Research Institute of Physics)
was set up under the Academy of Sciences and headed by Lajos Janossy.
More recently, the Atomki foundation for nuclear physics was set up
under Szalay. There is a 4.5 mev.(million electron--volts) electrostatic
generator. Around 1955 work was begun on'a very low-power (two kilowatt),
water-cooled, moderated research reactor operating with fuel elements
containing 10 per cent enrichment in Uranium 235. This reactor was
scheduled to go into operation in the fall of 1958.
2. There is also a new nuclear chemistry department headed by Istvzn Kiss
which has two main fields of interest. The first of these is concerned
with stable isotopes and includes the separation of hydrogen and deuterium
as well as work on boron isotopes and lithium. The second principal field
of interest is thAt of uranium ores; it appears that work is betee done
on very low-grade ores, and laboratory research is being conducMd on a
type of pitchblende which appears very greatly dispersed in the^ore.
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Theoretical Physics of the Hungarian Institute of Experiment Physics,
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2. The following experiments are known to have been conducted at KFKI and
Atomki:
a. At Atomki a study of neutron correlation was conducted by observa-
tions of Beta decay in a Wilson chamber. Po and Be sources were
used for part,cle sources, and the experiment involved the pro-
duction of He particles of half-life 0.85 seconds. Among the
results were calculated values for the energy of the neutrino and
the He6 nucleus.
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b. At ICFKI a study was made of low-energy photons in An
attempt to visualize their behavior. Interferometers of 30 centi-
meters p-tllsmetera : in length were used. The temperature
change during measurement in the 14 meter instrument, which
lasted two to three hours, was claimed to be held to 10-7
degrees centigrade per second. The results were claimed to
verify the assumptions of Dirac. KFKI has also developed
electronic equipment for the photoanalysis of low and high
voltage spark discharges and high voltage arcs. Time re-
solution for these experiments was claimed to be one micro-
second or better.
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