| RefNo | EC/1965/02 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVII, 121 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Bell, Robert Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1960 |
| Citation | Originator of the "fast-slow" coincidence techniques widely accepted for the best time resolution in nuclear physics. He has taken a leading part in the measurement of lifetimes of nuclear excited stated with 10 [to the power of] -11 second accuracy; discovery of positronium in condensed substances; systematic study of (p,xn) and (p,pxn) cross sections in heavy elements, showing the latter to be an order of magnitude larger than expected; establishment of the modern value of binding energy of the deuteron; first observation of Doppler broadening of a gamma ray line; wartime development of a microwave scanner used by the Royal Navy. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge: J S Foster; E W R Steacie; M H L Pryce; J Chadwick; P B Moon; W E Burcham; Niels Bohr; D H Wilkinson; G Herzberg |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4854 | Bell; Robert Edward (1918 - 1992) | 1918 - 1992 |