Perley Ason Ross
Perley Ason Ross (6 April 1883 – 13 March 1939) was a U.S. experimental physicist who worked, carefully and without seeking publicity, at some essential problems in the behaviour of X-rays.[1]
Born in he was awarded his PhD from Stanford University in 1911, becoming a full professor there in 1927, after a year at Cornell University.[1]
Some of his principal studies included:
- Scattering of X-rays by matter;[1]
- Development of the for X-ray spectroscopy;[1]
- X-ray polarization;[1]
- Compton scattering;[2] and
- Radiative Auger effect.[3]
His daughter, Betsy, married fellow Stanford physicist William Webster Hansen.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Webster, D. L. "Memorial Resolution Perley Ason Ross (1883 – 1938)" (PDF). Stanford University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-16. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ^ Ross, P. A. (1923). "Change in Wave-length by Scattering". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 9: 246–248. Bibcode:1923PNAS....9..246R. doi:10.1073/pnas.9.7.246. PMC 1085368. PMID 16576710. ()
- ^ Bloch, F.; P. A. Ross (1935-06-01). "Radiative Auger Effect". Physical Review. 47 (11): 884–885. Bibcode:1935PhRv...47..884B. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.47.884. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- ^ Süsskind, C. (1981) "Hansen, William Webster" in Gillespie, C.C. (ed.) (1981). Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Screibner's Sons. pp. 495–496. ISBN 0-684-16970-3.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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