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Physics Today 19 (7), 9 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048397
Physics Today 19 (7), 9 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048398
Physics Today 19 (7), 9–10 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048399
Physics Today 19 (7), 10 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048368

Letters

Physics Today 19 (7), 12 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048380
Physics Today 19 (7), 12 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048381
Physics Today 19 (7), 12–14 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048382

Articles

Physics Today 19 (7), 27 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048389
Physics Today 19 (7), 28–40 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048390

Equipment used to detect and measure extraterrestrail radio emanations appears in a bewildering variety of sizes and shapes. Yet the various radiotelescopes can be classified by form and function under a very few heads, a procedure that allows intercomparison of performance and range.

Physics Today 19 (7), 43–56 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048391

To get experimental data from space vehicles to the ground, physical quantities (temperature, particle energy, etc.) must be converted to electrical quantities and then broadcast. Equipment for the Purpose varies according to the nature of the experiment and the amount of on‐board data processing desired. Early systems delivered fairly “raw” data to the ground, but as experiments grow more sophisticated, more on‐board sorting and analysis are necessary.

Physics Today 19 (7), 59–67 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048392

With plenty of beams and detectors available, students of nuclear structure are turning to computers in their efforts to get the most information from their experiments. Time‐sharing computers, real‐time time‐sharing computers and generalized interfaces permit them to control apparatus automatically and change their experiments in response to what they find.

Physics Today 19 (7), 69–77 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048393

Automated measuring of particle events is growing in popularity. Film from visual detectors, such as bubble chambers, can be scanned for events and then measured—all automatically. Detectors that do not require film storage can feed data directly to computers for processing. But the most exciting development in high‐energy experiments has been the employment of the computer as an active part of the experimental apparatus.

Physics Today 19 (7), 79–84 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048394

Multiparameter experiments simultaneously measure velocities of fission fragments and particles emitted by the deëxciting fragments. Semiconductor detectors make possible high‐resolution measurements.

Physics Today 19 (7), 86–89 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048395

Ge(Li) detectors and analog‐to‐digital converters are teaming up with computer hardware and software to collect, store and analyze gamma‐ray spectra. Running an experiment for a few days now gives more spectral information than one used to get in a few months.

Physics Today 19 (7), 91–105 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048396

Efforts to measure plasma properties have been responsible for many instrumentation developments. Diagnostic methods now include a host of techniques used in other disciplines: interactions with electromagnetic waves, particle beams, probes, lasers and spectroscopy.

Physics in Government

Physics Today 19 (7), 107 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048366
Physics Today 19 (7), 107–108 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048367

Research Facilities and Programs

Physics Today 19 (7), 111–112 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048369
Physics Today 19 (7), 112 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048370
Physics Today 19 (7), 112 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048371

Books

Physics Today 19 (7), 115–117 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048372
Physics Today 19 (7), 117–120 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048373
Physics Today 19 (7), 120–123 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048374
Physics Today 19 (7), 123–124 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048375
Physics Today 19 (7), 124 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048376
Physics Today 19 (7), 124–125 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048377
Physics Today 19 (7), 125–127 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048378
Physics Today 19 (7), 127–128 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048379

We Hear That

Physics Today 19 (7), 130–135 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048383

Obituaries

Physics Today 19 (7), 137 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048384
Physics Today 19 (7), 137 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048385
Physics Today 19 (7), 137 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048386

Calendar

Physics Today 19 (7), 139–152 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048387

Editorial

Physics Today 19 (7), 160 (1966); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3048388
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