Emil Jan Konopinski

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* July 1, 1935 Physical Review E. J. Konopinski and G. E. Uhlenbeck On the Fermi Theory of Beta Radioactivity
* August 15, 1941 Physical Review E. J. Konopinski and G. E. Uhlenbeck On the Fermi Theory of Beta Radioactivity II: The “Forbidden” Spectra

Part 2 of the K-U modification for "forbidden" beta decay spectra. It led to the expectation of a tensor form in Gamow-Teller decays, which is what RR later confirmed. Later work proved both K-U and RR to be incorrect.

* October 1, 1943 Reviews of Modern Physics Emil Jan Konopinski Beta-Decay

Theoretical overview of Fermi’s theory 10 years later

* October 1943 Reviews of Modern Physics Emil Jan Konopinski Beta-Decay
* June 24, 1953 Physical Review E. J. Konopinski and H. M. Mahmoud The Universal Fermi Interaction

Cites significance of Rustad-Ruby result

* December 1953 Annual Review of Nuclear Science E J Konopinski, L M Langer The Experimental Clarification of the Theory of beta-Decay
* July 1, 1955 Reviews of Modern Physics E. J. Konopinski Fermi's Theory of Beta-Decay

1955 retrospective review of beta theory and experiment finds that He6 directional correlation experiment showing a tensor interaction is consistent with theory

 
* September 1957 Proceedings of the Rehovot Conference on Nuclear Structure E. J. Konopinski Theory of the Classical Beta-Decay Measurements

Beta decay theorist E.J. Konopinski frames the experimental conundrum.

* 1966 International Series of Monographs on Physics E. J. Konopinski The Theory of Beta Radioactivity
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* August 15, 1941 Physical Review Emil Jan Konopinski On the Fermi Theory of Beta Radioactivity II: The “Forbidden” Spectra

Part 2 of the K-U modification for "forbidden" beta decay spectra. It led to the expectation of a tensor form in Gamow-Teller decays, which is what RR later confirmed. Later work proved both K-U and RR to be incorrect.

 
* October 1, 1943 Reviews of Modern Physics Emil Jan Konopinski Beta-Decay

Theoretical overview of Fermi’s theory 10 years later

 
* June 24, 1953 Physical Review Emil Jan Konopinski, H. M. Mahmoud The Universal Fermi Interaction

Cites significance of Rustad-Ruby result

 
* June 24, 1953 Physical Review Emil Jan Konopinski, H. M. Mahmoud The Universal Fermi Interaction

Cites significance of Rustad-Ruby result

 
* September 1957 Proceedings of the Rehovot Conference on Nuclear Structure Emil Jan Konopinski Theory of the Classical Beta-Decay Measurements

Beta decay theorist E.J. Konopinski frames the experimental conundrum.

 
* December 16, 1966 Science Lawrence M. Langer, S. B. Treiman Theory of Beta Decay: An Exposition and a History
 
* December 16, 1966 Science Lawrence M. Langer, S. B. Treiman Theory of Beta Decay: An Exposition and a History
 
* 1986 Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, vol. 1986 Allan Franklin Experiment and the Development of the Theory of Weak Interactions: Fermi’s Theory

Franklin's detailed study of theoretical errors in understanding of beta decay.