Henry Primakoff

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Henry Primakoff (* February 12, 1914 in Odessa, Ukraine; † July 25, 1983 in Philadelphia) was a theoretical physicist, that is famous for his discovery of the Primakoff-Effekt.

Primakoff contributed to the understanding fo the weak interaction, the double beta decay, the spin waves in ferromagnetism and the interaction between Neutrinos and the atomic nucleaus.