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Schwinger

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[shwing-ger] / ˈʃwɪŋ gər /

noun

  1. Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1965.


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In the electron's reference frame, the laser intensity appeared to be about 50% of the Schwinger limit, triggering nonlinear QED phenomena.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

The trio decided to approach the topic from an atypical angle by using equations from a related phenomenon known as the Schwinger effect.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

He earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Brooklyn College in 1949 at 18, then went to Harvard, where he studied under Julian Schwinger, a Nobel Prize laureate.

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

A fellowship took him to Harvard, where he worked under Julian Schwinger, a future Nobel laureate in physics.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2016

George Schwanhart, a pupil of Caspar Lehmann, started glass-cutting at Ratisbon, and about 1690 Stephen Schmidt and Hermann Schwinger introduced the crafts of cutting and engraving glass in Nuremberg.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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