Physics – History and Philosophy of Physics
Scientific paper
2005-08-08
Am. J. Phys., 74, 7 (2006), pp. 614-620
Physics
History and Philosophy of Physics
14 pages; submitted to "American Journal of Physics"
Scientific paper
10.1119/1.2198884
When Enrico Fermi discovered slow neutrons, he accounted for their great efficiency in inducing radioactivity by merely mentioning the well-known scattering cross-section between neutrons and protons. He did not refer to capture cross-section, at that early stage. It is put forward that a thermodynamic approach to neutron-proton radiative capture then widely debated might underlie his early accounts. Fermi had already met with a similar approach, and repeatedly used it.
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