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Interpreted recoil measurements from penetrating beryllium radiation as evidence for a neutral particle with mass close to the proton, testing that account against the high-energy photon alternative.
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Scientific scope
This record begins with the February 1932 letter, which states its evidence and remaining uncertainty. It is distinct from the longer June report and later neutron theory. Bothe, the Joliot-Curies and Feather’s experimental roles are acknowledged in the source; they are not added to the letter’s byline. WRS has not reproduced the measurements.
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- Chadwick, Possible Existence of a Neutron, Nature 129, 312 (27 February 1932); retyped one-page text
- Nature: Possible Existence of a Neutron; DOI 10.1038/129312a0
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James Chadwick
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Chadwick’s 1932 discovery at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK; dated laboratory history.
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Chadwick: evidence for the neutron
Interpreted recoil measurements from penetrating beryllium radiation as evidence for a neutral particle with mass close to the proton, testing that account against the high-energy photon alternative.
Scientific scope
This record begins with the February 1932 letter, which states its evidence and remaining uncertainty. It is distinct from the longer June report and later neutron theory. Bothe, the Joliot-Curies and Feather’s experimental roles are acknowledged in the source; they are not added to the letter’s byline. WRS has not reproduced the measurements.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
James Chadwick
Listed source contributors; individual labor shares are not measured