Hans A Bethe received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1967 for his work on the production of energy in stars. A living legend among the physics community, he helped to shape classical physics into quantum physics and increased the understanding of the atomic processes responsible for the properties of matter and of the forces governing the structures of atomic nuclei.This collection of papers by Prof Bethe dates from 1928, when he received his PhD, to now. It covers several areas and reflects the many contributions in research and discovery made by one of the most important and eminent physicists of all time. Special commentaries have been written by Prof Bethe to complement the selected papers.
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1. Splitting of Terms in Crystals. Ann. Physik 3, 133-206 (1929). 1(72)
2. The Electron Affinity of Hydrogen. Zeits. Physik 57, 815 (1929). 73(4)
3. Theory of the Passage of Fast Corpuscular Rays Through Matter. Ann. Physik 5 (5), 325-400 (1930). 77(78)
4. On the Theory of Metals, I. Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions of a Linear Chain of Atoms. Zeits. Physik 71, 205-226 (1931). 155(30)
5. On the Quantum Theory of the Temperature of Absolute Zero. Die Naturwissenchaften 19, 39 (1931). 185(2) G. Beck W. Riezler
6. On the Stopping of Fast Particles and on the Creation of Positive Electrons. Proc. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A146, 83-112 (1934). 187(32) W. Heitler
7. The Neutrino. Nature 133, 532 (1934). 219(4) R. Peierls
8. Quantum Theory of the Diplon. Proc. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A148, 146-156 (1935). 223(12) R. Peierls
9. The Scattering of Neutrons by Protons. Proc. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A149, 176-183 (1935). 235(10) R. Peierls
10. Statistical Theory of Superlattices. Proc. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A150, 552-575 (1935). 245(26)
11. Theory of Bremsstrahlung and Pair Production. I. Differential Cross Section. Phys. Rev. 93 (4), 768-784 (1954). 271(18) L. C. Maximon
12. Masses of Light Atoms from Transmutation Data. Phys. Rev. 47 (8), 633-634 (1935). 289(4)
13. The Maximum Energy Obtainable from the Cyclotron. Phys. Rev. 52 (12), 1254-1255 (1937). 293(2) M. E. Rose
14. Deviations from Thermal Equilibrium in Shock Waves. (1941). 295(52) E. Teller
15. The Formation of Deuterons by Proton Combination. Phys. Rev. 54, 248-254 (1938). 347(8) C. L. Critchfield
16. Energy Production in Stars. Phys. Rev. 55, 434-456 (1939). 355(24)
17. Energy Production in Stars. Nobel Lecture (1967). 379(18)
18. The Electromagnetic Shift of Energy Levels. Phys. Rev. 72 (4), 339-341 (1947). 397(4)
19. Theory of the Effective Range in Nuclear Scattering. Phys. Rev. 76 (1), 38-50 (1949). 401(14)
20. Nuclear Many-Body Problem. Phys. Rev. 103 (5), 1353-1390 (1956). 415(40)
21. Effect of a Repulsive Core in the Theory of Complex Nuclei. Proc. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A238, 551-567 (1957). 455(18) J. Goldstone
22. Neutron Star Matter. Nuclear Phys. A175, 225-240 (1971). 473(18) G. Baym C. J. Pethick
23. Neutron Star Models with Realistic High-Density Equations of State. Astrophys. J. 199, 741-748 (1975). 491(10) R. C. Malone M. B. Johnson
24. Equation of State in the Gravitational Collapse of Stars. Nuclear Phys. A324, 487-533 (1979). 501(48) G. E. Brown J. Applegate J. M. Lattimer
25. Equation of State of a Very Hot Gas of Electrons and Neutrinos. Astrophys. J. 241, 350-354 (1980). 549(6) J. H. Applegate G. E. Brown
26. SN 1987A: An Empirical and Analytic Approach. Astrophys. J. 412, 192-202 (1993). 555(12)
27. The Supernova Shock. Astrophys. J. 449, 714-726 (1995). 567(14)
28. Breakout of the Supernova Shock. Astrophys. J. 469, 737-739 (1996). 581(4) List of Publications 585
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