Introduction
Publicatiins and Reports
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Administrative and Service Personnel
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Research Projects
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Microwave and Physical Electronics
Construction of 5 mm. Oxford Type Tube
High Power 8-Band Magnetron
Magnetron Theory Research
Cathode Research
Electrometer Tube Development
The Transmission of the Photo-effect in Silicon
Microwave Physics
A. Radio Frequency Spectroscopy
1. Absorption of Electromagnetic Waves in Oxygen
2. Measurement of Microwave Absorption Spectra of Gases
3. Caesium Hyperfine Structure
4. Molecular Beams
3. Gas Discharge Research Report
1. Low Pressure Discharges
2. Microwave Spark Breakdown
0. Low Temperature Research
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Helium Cryostat
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Superconductivity of Lead at 8 am Wavelength
Resistance of Germanium
Nuclear Resonance at Low Temperatures and Strong
Magnetic Fields'
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Theoretical Studies
D. Ferromagnetism at Microwave frequencies
III. Modern Electronic Techniques Applied to Physics and
Engineering
A. Studies Leading to the Design of a Microwave Accelerator
B. Ultrasonics Research Program
C. High Speed Oscilloscope and High Voltage Pulse Measuring
Techniques
D. High Pressure Ionization Chamber
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Cyclotron Project
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Liquid Pilled Chamber to be Used in the Photographing of
Very High Energy Ionizing Particles
G. Measurement and Control of Deionisation Time in Thyratrons
H. Experimentation in Photoelectric Spectrophotometry
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Biophysics Project
Communications and Related Projects
Modulation Studies: Spectrum Utilization. Efficiency of
Power Utilization, Signal to Noise Ratios
3. Stabilized Oscillator Problems
C. Multipath Transmission
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Impulse Interference
Circuit Problems
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Study of Waveguide with Dissipative Walls
2. Magic-T Problems
3. Miscellaneous Waveguide Problems
4. Transient Phenomena in Waveguides
V. Aids to Computation
A. Shaft Position Indicator, Reversible Counters
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