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 effect.
Primakoff contributed to the understanding of weak interactions, double beta decay, spin waves in ferromagnetism and the interaction between Neutrinos and the atomic nucleus.
Primakoff was the first Donner Professor of Physics in the University of Pennsylvania.
[edit] External links
- Henry Primakoff National Academy of Sciences biographical memoirs.
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