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A RECENT communication by (the late) S. Heron, R. W. P. McWhirter and E. H. Rhoderick1 on “Measurements of Life-times of Excited States of Atoms by the Method of Delayed Coincidences” was read with much interest here. Their method consists of exciting a source for 2 × 10−8 sec. and observing the intensity of the light emitted by the source at a given time after the excitation. Thus they observe the behaviour of a large assembly of atoms.
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Heron (the late), S., McWhirter, R. W. P., and Rhoderick, E. H., Nature, 174, 564 (1954).
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BRANNEN, E., HUNT, F., ADLINGTON, R. et al. Application of Nuclear Coincidence Methods to Atomic Transitions in the Wave-length Range λλ 2000-6000 A.. Nature 175, 810–811 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175810a0
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