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Professor Dirac and Soviet physicists


Ioffe Institute, ul. Polytekhnicheskaya 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation

The article recounts Professor Dirac's acquaintance, scientific contacts, and friendship with Soviet physicists. Particular attention is devoted to his relations with Professors P. L. Kapitsa, I. E. Tamm, V. A. Fock, and Ya. I. Frenkel'. A chronicle of Dirac's visits to the Soviet Union before and after the war is presented. The article concludes with the author's brief personal impressions of his meeting with the English scientist.

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PACS: 01.60.+q
DOI: 10.1070/PU1987v030n09ABEH002963
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1987/9/c/
Citation: Frenkel’ V Ya "Professor Dirac and Soviet physicists" Sov. Phys. Usp. 30 816–822 (1987)
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TI Professor Dirac and Soviet physicists
AU Frenkel’, V. Ya.
PB Physics-Uspekhi
PY 1987
JO Physics-Uspekhi
JF Physics-Uspekhi
JA Phys. Usp.
VL 30
IS 9
SP 816-822
UR https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1987/9/c/
ER https://doi.org/10.1070/PU1987v030n09ABEH002963

Оригинал: Френкель В Я «Профессор Дирак и советские физики» УФН 153 173–186 (1987); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0153.198709f.0173

P.A.M. Dirac is author of Physics-Uspekhi

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