Walther Bothe quotes

Walther Bothe was a German physicist recognized for his pioneering work in nuclear physics and quantum mechanics. His development of the coincidence method greatly advanced research on particle detection. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his significant contributions to experimental physics. Here are 8 of his quotes:

Many applications of the coincidence method will therefore be found in the large field of nuclear physics, and we can say without exaggeration that the method is one of the essential tools of the modern nuclear physicist.

Walther Bothe

In this case, the particle formed has correspondingly less energy, whereas the product nucleus passes into the ground state with emission of the quantity of energy saved as gamma radiation.

Walther Bothe

The material particle nature of primary cosmic radiation has been confirmed, although the processes turned out to be extraordinarily more complicated than we had assumed.

Walther Bothe

Rossi was the first to describe another system working with valves in parallel; it has the advantage that it can easily be extended to coincidences between more than two events, and is therefore predominantly used today.

Walther Bothe

To demonstrate this simultaneity is by no means trivial, because it may for example happen that the product nucleus always forms in an activated state at first.

Walther Bothe

The Laboratory for Radioactivity consisted of only two rooms at the time; at a later date, when tests of radioactive substances became more extensive, it expanded into four rooms.

Walther Bothe

Strict conservation of energy in the elementary process had thus been confirmed also by a negative experiment.

Walther Bothe