ATOMIC AND COSMIC RAY RESEARCH

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800260010-7
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 19, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Poland
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SUBJECT atomic and Cosmic! Hay itasoarch
1. Conixess of Physicists at i;Tarsarr, - !ayj9
a. A Congress of Physicists took place at ":arsaw from 6 to 9 "ay 1945.
It was convened by the Polish tiasociation of Physics (Polskie Towarzvstno
Fi zyczrie) . Phvsicis is fro; :arsarr, Gdansk' G] irk ce, Krakov:, Lul'lin, Lodz,
Torun, and ::roclaw attended the Congress.
b. Daring tnc proceedings a report was made to the assembly on the development
of atomic research in Poland. In particular, some twenty original scientific
treatises v:cre discussed, the beat work- having been that of Prof. Pienkovrski
on atomic piles and of Prof. Sosnowski'on isotopic indicators (in katorv
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c. Prof. Soltan established at this Congress the fact that practical tror?c by
Polish scientists on atomic energy had not vet started. This was due to lack
of necessary equip.-tent, and installations in scientific research establishments.
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e. ,The folio, ir>g scientists have been appointed to work on this eqit' nentr
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d. Prof. Soltan further went on to say that Polish scientists hoped to produce
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apparatus (Cockcroft) would arrive and the van re (hraai
apparatus ioing nanufactured in Poland would also he ready by then. Both
apparatuses are needed to produce high tension and to accelerate the irons.
The first stares of construction a farce cyclotron for the same work have
been started at the Institute of Experimental Physics in a larre hall built
esneeially for this purpose. ( Prof. Szezeniowski was
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Twenty scientists who worked on auto c ener&y during the German occupation are
now engaged in atomic research at the Institute. Professors Sosnowski and
Soltan, nentioned above, are reputed to extremely able. The cyclotron now
in course of construction and the high tension hall at the Institute are
located in the new builc?ings'as shown in section A of the sketch below.
There are two basenents in the Institute buildings, in which the laboratories
are located. See B in the sketch.
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2. Universit Institute of T-4a*ri ental PhMics,_";arsaw
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3. Institute of erinental F y ios. Japj.ellonski University, Krakow
The heads of this Institute are Professors Jezierski and We?senhoffn
Research work on cosmic rags is in progress. Professor 'eysenhoff is the
prominent expert in this field. The Institute has well equippod laboratories.
4. Institute of Che: ical Resr arch , ". Curie--Sklodowrska University. Dublin
The Institute is directed by Professor 7)Dmecki, and nine assistant scientists
and one ert^incer are ermloyed there. :fork here consists of research in
collaboration with Krakow professors on cosmic rays.
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