Papers and correspondence of Philip Burton Moon, 1929-1996.

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Moon, Philip Burton, 1907-1994. Papers and correspondence of Philip Burton Moon, 1929-1996.

Papers and correspondence of Philip Burton Moon, 1929-1996.

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Biographical papers include Moon's own autobiographical accounts and material assembled by W.E. Burcham relating to the Biographical Memoir of Moon. There is documentation of Moon's career and honours including his election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society and the award of its Hughes Medal. University of Birmingham papers include a little material relating to the Department of Physics and Moon's Deanship of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. However, the bulk of the papers relate to the development of nuclear physics at Birmingham and include material relating to the 40th anniversary of the proton synchrotron, celebrated in 1993, and the 'Birmingham Proton Synchrotron Archive' assembled by W.E. Burcham. Research materials cover Moon's work in a number of areas from the late 1920s to the 1990s. There is documentation of his work on positive ions and neutrons during the 1930s and wartime work on atomic power. This includes research material of M.L.E. Oliphant. There is material relating to Moon's post-war work on rotors and molecular beams and to his research with the University of Birmingham synchrotron. Papers documenting Moon's role in UK Accelerator Development, cover two themes: Moon's contribution to discussions in 1955 regarding the proposed development of a high energy accelerator at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, and Moon's service on the Working Party of the Physics Committee of the National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science during 1960. There is a chronological sequence of drafts relating to publications, lectures and broadcasts, 1940-1992, including unpublished wartime work on radio signals, and a nearly complete set of Moon's off-prints. Moon's correspondence, is slight and includes only one extended exchange, with M.L.E. Oliphant, 1937-1946. Other correspondents of note are W.E. Burcham and D.R. Herchbach.

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