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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American physicist</div> <p><b>Francis Goddard Slack</b> (November 1, 1897 – February 2, 1985) was an American <a href="/wiki/Physicist" title="Physicist">physicist</a>. He was a physics teacher, researcher, and administrator in academia who was renowned for placing equal emphasis on teaching and on research. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_G._Slack&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Slack was born in <a href="/wiki/Superior,_Wisconsin" title="Superior, Wisconsin">Superior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> on November 1, 1897. He received his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B.S.</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a> in 1918. Thereupon, he entered the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, where he was trained and commissioned as a pilot; he did not see combat in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, as the war ended before his graduation from pilot training. In 1921, he entered <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>; he received his <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> degree in physics in 1926. Between his entry and graduation from Columbia, Slack spent a period of study and research with <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Sommerfeld" title="Arnold Sommerfeld">Arnold Sommerfeld</a> at his Institute of Theoretical Physics at the <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Maximilian_University_of_Munich" title="Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich">Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Francis_G._Slack_Collection_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francis_G._Slack_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_G._Slack&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Slack remained at Columbia for a period after receipt of his doctorate. In 1928, he became an associate professor of physics at <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt University</a>, where his focus was on strengthening both teaching and research. At Vanderbilt, he organized and equipped an advanced laboratory in which students could learn the fundamentals of electrical measurement in the performance of the famous experiments which measured the fundamental constants such as the <a href="/wiki/Elementary_charge" title="Elementary charge">charge of the electron</a> (<i>q</i>), the electron's <a href="/wiki/Mass-to-charge_ratio" title="Mass-to-charge ratio">mass-to-charge ratio</a> (<i>m</i>/<i>q</i>), and the <a href="/wiki/Planck_constant" title="Planck constant">Planck constant</a> (<i>h</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Francis_G._Slack_Collection_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francis_G._Slack_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1931 he was elected a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/American_Physical_Society" title="American Physical Society">American Physical Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1939, Slack was appointed Professor of Physics and head of the Vanderbilt Department of Physics. He advocated and practiced equal emphasis on teaching and on research in his academic career as a physics teacher, researcher, and administrator. While at Vanderbilt, Slack maintained ties with his <i>alma mater</i> Columbia University.<sup id="cite_ref-Francis_G._Slack_Collection_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francis_G._Slack_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 1938, the German chemists <a href="/wiki/Otto_Hahn" title="Otto Hahn">Otto Hahn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Strassmann" title="Fritz Strassmann">Fritz Strassmann</a> sent a manuscript to <i><a href="/wiki/Die_Naturwissenschaften" class="mw-redirect" title="Die Naturwissenschaften">Naturwissenschaften</a></i> reporting they had detected the element <a href="/wiki/Barium" title="Barium">barium</a> after bombarding <a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">uranium</a> with <a href="/wiki/Neutrons" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutrons">neutrons</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they communicated these results to <a href="/wiki/Lise_Meitner" title="Lise Meitner">Lise Meitner</a>. Meitner, and her nephew <a href="/wiki/Otto_Robert_Frisch" title="Otto Robert Frisch">Otto Robert Frisch</a>, who <a href="/wiki/Discovery_of_nuclear_fission" title="Discovery of nuclear fission">correctly interpreted these results</a> as being <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_fission" title="Nuclear fission">nuclear fission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frisch confirmed this experimentally on 13 January 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1944, Hahn received the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_for_Chemistry" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Prize for Chemistry">Nobel Prize for Chemistry</a> for the discovery of nuclear fission. Some historians have documented the history of the <a href="/wiki/Discovery_of_nuclear_fission" title="Discovery of nuclear fission">discovery of nuclear fission</a> and believe Meitner should have been awarded the Nobel Prize with Hahn.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even before it was published, Meitner's and Frisch's interpretation of the work of Hahn and Strassmann crossed the Atlantic Ocean with <a href="/wiki/Niels_Bohr" title="Niels Bohr">Niels Bohr</a>, who was to lecture at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>. <a href="/wiki/Isidor_Isaac_Rabi" title="Isidor Isaac Rabi">Isidor Isaac Rabi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willis_Lamb" title="Willis Lamb">Willis Lamb</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> physicists working at Princeton, heard the news and carried it back to Columbia. Rabi said he told Fermi; Fermi gave credit to Lamb. It was soon clear to a number of scientists at Columbia that they should try to detect the energy released in the nuclear fission of uranium from neutron bombardment. On 25 January 1939, Slack was a member of the experimental team at Columbia University which conducted the first nuclear fission experiment in the United States,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was conducted in the basement of <a href="/wiki/Pupin_Hall" title="Pupin Hall">Pupin Hall</a>; the other members of the team were <a href="/wiki/Herbert_L._Anderson" title="Herbert L. Anderson">Herbert L. Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_T._Booth" title="Eugene T. Booth">Eugene T. Booth</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_R._Dunning" title="John R. Dunning">John R. Dunning</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enrico_Fermi" title="Enrico Fermi">Enrico Fermi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/G._N._Glasoe" title="G. N. Glasoe">G. Norris Glasoe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bederson.org_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bederson.org-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a>, Slack returned to Columbia to work with Dunning, who was conducting pioneering work on <a href="/wiki/Gaseous_diffusion" title="Gaseous diffusion">gaseous diffusion</a> to separate uranium isotopes; others working on the project included Booth, Henry A. Boorse, <a href="/wiki/Willard_Libby" title="Willard Libby">Willard F. Libby</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alfred_O._C._Nier" title="Alfred O. C. Nier">Alfred O. C. Nier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bederson.org_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bederson.org-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Slack was on the Editorial Advisory Board (formerly called Associate Editors) of the <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i> from 1941 to 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_Literature">Selected Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_G._Slack&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Selected Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSlack1926" class="citation journal cs1">Slack, Francis G. (1926-07-01). "The Duration of Radiation Excited in Hydrogen by 10.2 Volt Electron Impacts". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>28</b> (1). American Physical Society (APS): 1–12. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1926PhRv...28....1S">1926PhRv...28....1S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.28.1">10.1103/physrev.28.1</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=The+Duration+of+Radiation+Excited+in+Hydrogen+by+10.2+Volt+Electron+Impacts&rft.volume=28&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=1-12&rft.date=1926-07-01&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.28.1&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1926PhRv...28....1S&rft.aulast=Slack&rft.aufirst=Francis+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlack1927" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Slack, Francis G. (1927). "Die Intensitätsdissymmetrie beim Wasserstoff-Starkeffekt". <i>Annalen der Physik</i> (in German). <b>387</b> (4). Wiley: 576–584. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1927AnP...387..576S">1927AnP...387..576S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fandp.19273870407">10.1002/andp.19273870407</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0003-3804">0003-3804</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Annalen+der+Physik&rft.atitle=Die+Intensit%C3%A4tsdissymmetrie+beim+Wasserstoff-Starkeffekt&rft.volume=387&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=576-584&rft.date=1927&rft.issn=0003-3804&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1002%2Fandp.19273870407&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1927AnP...387..576S&rft.aulast=Slack&rft.aufirst=Francis+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlack1928" class="citation journal cs1">Slack, Francis G. (1928-04-01). "Intensities in the Hydrogen Spectral Series". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>31</b> (4). American Physical Society (APS): 527–532. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1928PhRv...31..527S">1928PhRv...31..527S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.31.527">10.1103/physrev.31.527</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=Intensities+in+the+Hydrogen+Spectral+Series&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=527-532&rft.date=1928-04-01&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.31.527&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1928PhRv...31..527S&rft.aulast=Slack&rft.aufirst=Francis+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlack1930" class="citation journal cs1">Slack, Francis G. (1930). "An Arrangement for Obtaining a Steady Flow of Gas at a Constant Low Pressure". <i>Review of Scientific Instruments</i>. <b>1</b> (1). AIP Publishing: 33–35. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1930RScI....1...33S">1930RScI....1...33S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1063%2F1.1748633">10.1063/1.1748633</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0034-6748">0034-6748</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+Scientific+Instruments&rft.atitle=An+Arrangement+for+Obtaining+a+Steady+Flow+of+Gas+at+a+Constant+Low+Pressure&rft.volume=1&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=33-35&rft.date=1930&rft.issn=0034-6748&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1063%2F1.1748633&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1930RScI....1...33S&rft.aulast=Slack&rft.aufirst=Francis+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlack1930" class="citation journal cs1">Slack, Francis G. (1930-05-15). "The Hydrogen Atom in the Stark Effect". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>35</b> (10). American Physical Society (APS): 1170–1176. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1930PhRv...35.1170S">1930PhRv...35.1170S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.35.1170">10.1103/physrev.35.1170</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=The+Hydrogen+Atom+in+the+Stark+Effect&rft.volume=35&rft.issue=10&rft.pages=1170-1176&rft.date=1930-05-15&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.35.1170&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1930PhRv...35.1170S&rft.aulast=Slack&rft.aufirst=Francis+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlackBreazeale1932" class="citation journal cs1">Slack, Francis G.; Breazeale, William M. (1932-10-15). "Magneto-Optic Rotation by Condenser Discharge". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>42</b> (2). American Physical Society (APS): 305–311. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1932PhRv...42..305S">1932PhRv...42..305S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.42.305">10.1103/physrev.42.305</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=Magneto-Optic+Rotation+by+Condenser+Discharge&rft.volume=42&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=305-311&rft.date=1932-10-15&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.42.305&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1932PhRv...42..305S&rft.aulast=Slack&rft.aufirst=Francis+G.&rft.au=Breazeale%2C+William+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlackReevesPeoples1934" class="citation journal cs1">Slack, Francis G.; Reeves, Ralph L.; Peoples, James A. (1934-10-15). "The Effect of Concentration, Temperature and Wave-Length of Light upon the Verdet Constant of Cerous Chloride Solutions". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>46</b> (8). American Physical Society (APS): 724–727. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1934PhRv...46..724S">1934PhRv...46..724S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.46.724">10.1103/physrev.46.724</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=The+Effect+of+Concentration%2C+Temperature+and+Wave-Length+of+Light+upon+the+Verdet+Constant+of+Cerous+Chloride+Solutions&rft.volume=46&rft.issue=8&rft.pages=724-727&rft.date=1934-10-15&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.46.724&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1934PhRv...46..724S&rft.aulast=Slack&rft.aufirst=Francis+G.&rft.au=Reeves%2C+Ralph+L.&rft.au=Peoples%2C+James+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLagemanSlack1936" class="citation journal cs1">Lageman, R. T.; Slack, F. G. (1936-06-01). "Magneto-Optical Rotation and Natural Dispersion in Gases". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>49</b> (11). American Physical Society (APS): 807–809. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1936PhRv...49..807L">1936PhRv...49..807L</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.49.807">10.1103/physrev.49.807</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=Magneto-Optical+Rotation+and+Natural+Dispersion+in+Gases&rft.volume=49&rft.issue=11&rft.pages=807-809&rft.date=1936-06-01&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.49.807&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1936PhRv...49..807L&rft.aulast=Lageman&rft.aufirst=R.+T.&rft.au=Slack%2C+F.+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlack1934" class="citation journal cs1">Slack, Francis G. (1934-12-01). "The Verdet Constant of Heavy Water". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>46</b> (11). American Physical Society (APS): 945–947. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1934PhRv...46..945S">1934PhRv...46..945S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.46.945">10.1103/physrev.46.945</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=The+Verdet+Constant+of+Heavy+Water&rft.volume=46&rft.issue=11&rft.pages=945-947&rft.date=1934-12-01&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.46.945&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1934PhRv...46..945S&rft.aulast=Slack&rft.aufirst=Francis+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAndersonBoothDunningFermi1939" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_L._Anderson" title="Herbert L. Anderson">Anderson, H. L.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Eugene_T._Booth" title="Eugene T. Booth">Booth, E. T.</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_R._Dunning" title="John R. Dunning">Dunning, J. R.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Enrico_Fermi" title="Enrico Fermi">Fermi, E.</a>; <a href="/wiki/G._N._Glasoe" title="G. N. Glasoe">Glasoe, G. N.</a>; Slack, F. G. (1939-03-01). "The Fission of Uranium". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>55</b> (5). American Physical Society (APS): 511–512. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1939PhRv...55..511A">1939PhRv...55..511A</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.55.511.2">10.1103/physrev.55.511.2</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=The+Fission+of+Uranium&rft.volume=55&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=511-512&rft.date=1939-03-01&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.55.511.2&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1939PhRv...55..511A&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=H.+L.&rft.au=Booth%2C+E.+T.&rft.au=Dunning%2C+J.+R.&rft.au=Fermi%2C+E.&rft.au=Glasoe%2C+G.+N.&rft.au=Slack%2C+F.+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoothDunningSlack1939" class="citation journal cs1">Booth, E. T.; Dunning, J. R.; Slack, F. G. (1939-05-01). "Delayed Neutron Emission from Uranium". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>55</b> (9). American Physical Society (APS): 876. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1939PhRv...55..876B">1939PhRv...55..876B</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.55.876">10.1103/physrev.55.876</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=Delayed+Neutron+Emission+from+Uranium&rft.volume=55&rft.issue=9&rft.pages=876&rft.date=1939-05-01&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.55.876&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1939PhRv...55..876B&rft.aulast=Booth&rft.aufirst=E.+T.&rft.au=Dunning%2C+J.+R.&rft.au=Slack%2C+F.+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoothDunningSlack1939" class="citation journal cs1">Booth, E. T.; Dunning, J. R.; Slack, F. G. (1939-05-15). "Energy Distribution of Uranium Fission Fragments". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>55</b> (10). American Physical Society (APS): 981. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1939PhRv...55..981B">1939PhRv...55..981B</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.55.981">10.1103/physrev.55.981</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=Energy+Distribution+of+Uranium+Fission+Fragments&rft.volume=55&rft.issue=10&rft.pages=981&rft.date=1939-05-15&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.55.981&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1939PhRv...55..981B&rft.aulast=Booth&rft.aufirst=E.+T.&rft.au=Dunning%2C+J.+R.&rft.au=Slack%2C+F.+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRudnickSlackO'Connor1940" class="citation journal cs1">Rudnick, Philip; Slack, F. G.; O'Connor, John (1940-12-01). "Rotatory Power of Nickel Sulphate at Low Temperatures". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>58</b> (11). American Physical Society (APS): 1003. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1940PhRv...58.1003R">1940PhRv...58.1003R</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.58.1003">10.1103/physrev.58.1003</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=Rotatory+Power+of+Nickel+Sulphate+at+Low+Temperatures&rft.volume=58&rft.issue=11&rft.pages=1003&rft.date=1940-12-01&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.58.1003&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1940PhRv...58.1003R&rft.aulast=Rudnick&rft.aufirst=Philip&rft.au=Slack%2C+F.+G.&rft.au=O%27Connor%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFormanRudnickSlackUnderwood1949" class="citation journal cs1">Forman, G.; Rudnick, P.; Slack, F. G.; Underwood, N. (1949). "A Two-Year Course in Basic Elementary Physics". <i>American Journal of Physics</i>. <b>17</b> (1). American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT): 22–23. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1949AmJPh..17...22F">1949AmJPh..17...22F</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1119%2F1.1989490">10.1119/1.1989490</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0002-9505">0002-9505</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Journal+of+Physics&rft.atitle=A+Two-Year+Course+in+Basic+Elementary+Physics&rft.volume=17&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=22-23&rft.date=1949&rft.issn=0002-9505&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1119%2F1.1989490&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1949AmJPh..17...22F&rft.aulast=Forman&rft.aufirst=G.&rft.au=Rudnick%2C+P.&rft.au=Slack%2C+F.+G.&rft.au=Underwood%2C+N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_G._Slack&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Francis G. Slack Award – An award of the Southeastern Section of the <a href="/wiki/American_Physical_Society" title="American Physical Society">American Physical Society</a> to honor Excellence in Service to Physics in the Southeast. The award was proposed in 1998 and it was first awarded in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Francis G. Slack Lecture Series – An annual lecture series established in 1977 in the Vanderbilt University Department of Physics and Astronomy.<sup id="cite_ref-Francis_G._Slack_Collection_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francis_G._Slack_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_G._Slack&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D._Allan_Bromley" title="D. Allan Bromley">Bromley, David Allan</a> <i>Francis G. Slack Lectures</i> (Vanderbilt University, department of physics and astronomy, 1979) – Francis G. Lecture delivered by Bromley</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Hamilton" title="Joseph H. Hamilton">Hamilton, Joseph H.</a>, Robert T. Lagemann, and Ernest A. Jones <i>Francis G. Slack: Distinguished Vanderbilt Scientist</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_G._Slack&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~Sommerfeld/KurzFass/03472.html">Francis G. Slack</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030717092419/http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~Sommerfeld/KurzFass/03472.html">Archived</a> 2003-07-17 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> – Letter of appreciation to Arnold Sommerfeld, 22 July 1923.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pauling, Linus <i>Arnold Sommerfeld: 1868 – 1951</i>, <i>Science</i> Volume 114, Number 2963, 383-384 (1951).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Francis_G._Slack_Collection-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Francis_G._Slack_Collection_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Francis_G._Slack_Collection_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Francis_G._Slack_Collection_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Francis_G._Slack_Collection_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/slackf.shtml">Francis G. Slack Collection</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060828045706/http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/slackf.shtml">Archived</a> 2006-08-28 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> – 1928-1978, Vanderbilt University.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Mehra" title="Jagdish Mehra">Jagdish Mehra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Helmut_Rechenberg" title="Helmut Rechenberg">Helmut Rechenberg</a> <i>The Historical Development of Quantum Theory. Volume 5 Erwin Schrödinger and the Rise of Wave Mechanics. Part 2 Schrödinger in Vienna and Zurich 1887-1925.</i> p. 723 (Springer, 2001) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-387-95180-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-387-95180-6">0-387-95180-6</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlack1928" class="citation journal cs1">Slack, Francis G. (1928-04-01). "Intensities in the Hydrogen Spectral Series". <i>Physical Review</i>. <b>31</b> (4). American Physical Society (APS): 527–532. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1928PhRv...31..527S">1928PhRv...31..527S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fphysrev.31.527">10.1103/physrev.31.527</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0031-899X">0031-899X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review&rft.atitle=Intensities+in+the+Hydrogen+Spectral+Series&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=527-532&rft.date=1928-04-01&rft.issn=0031-899X&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1103%2Fphysrev.31.527&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1928PhRv...31..527S&rft.aulast=Slack&rft.aufirst=Francis+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1931&unit_id=&institution=Vanderbilt+University">"APS Fellow Archive"</a>. <i>American Physical Society</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=American+Physical+Society&rft.atitle=APS+Fellow+Archive&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aps.org%2Fprograms%2Fhonors%2Ffellowships%2Farchive-all.cfm%3Finitial%3D%26year%3D1931%26unit_id%3D%26institution%3DVanderbilt%2BUniversity&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+G.+Slack" class="Z3988"></span> (search on year 1931 and institution Vanderbilt University)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHahnStrassmann1939" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Hahn, O.; Strassmann, F. 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