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The discovery that light elements could be disintegrated by artificially accelerated particles gave an additional impetus to development work on the various methods of producing them.

~Ernest Walton

Topics: Accelerate Additional Artificially Could Development Discovery Elements Gave Impetus Light Methods Particles Producing Them Various Work

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As the size of cyclotrons increases and faster particles are produced, a difficulty arises due to the relativistic increase of mass of the particle.

~Ernest Walton

Topics: Arises Difficulty Due Faster Increase Increases Mass Particle Particles Produced Size

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A linear accelerator has the advantage that no magnet is required and that its cost should not rise much more steeply than with the energy of the particles required.

~Ernest Walton

Topics: Advantage Cost Energy Linear Magnet More Much Particles Required Rise Should Than

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I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences very sincerely for the great honour they have done me. It is an honour so great that even yet it is difficult for me to believe that it is true.

~Ernest Walton

Topics: Academy Believe Difficult Done Even Great Honour Me Royal Sciences Sincerely Swedish Thank True Very Wish I Wish

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The high esteem in which the Nobel Prizes are held is undoubtedly due to the conscientious way in which the Committees have discharged a heavy responsibility.

~Ernest Walton

Topics: Committees Conscientious Due Esteem Heavy Held High Nobel Prizes Responsibility Undoubtedly Way Which

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Particles were coming out of the lithium, hitting the screen, and producing scintillations. They looked like stars suddenly appearing and disappearing.

~Ernest Walton

Topics: Appearing Coming Disappearing Hitting Like Looked Out Particles Producing Screen Stars Suddenly Were

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Physicist

Born: October 6th, 1903

Died: June 25th, 1995

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