Apr 2003
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American Physical Society, April Meeting, 2003, April 5-8, 2003 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, MEETING ID: APR03, abstract #H8.001
Physics
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Imes graduated from Fisk University (Nashville, TN) in 1903 with a BA degree in science. In 1915, he also received the MS degree from Fisk. In the same year, he entered the University of Michigan's doctoral physics program where he worked under the direction of Harrison M. Randall who had just returned from Germany. For the next three years, Imes investigated the infrared spectrum of several diatomic molecules with the particular interest of obtaining definitive evidence that the rotational spectrum was also quantized as had been shown for vibration. In 1918, Imes published his dissertation results in a long article in Astrophysical Journal 50 (1919), 251--276. This work had a major impact on molecular physics. In the two decades after publication, Imes' work was extensively cited in research papers and reviews on the rotational-vibrational spectra of diatomic molecules; and, discussions of this work and Imes' precision spectrum of HCℓ would be incorporated into the standard textbooks on modern physics. This presentation will examine issues related to Imes' family background, the reaction to his research, his career, and later life.
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