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R. N. Mohapatra
I agree that my remedy could seem incredible because one should have seen
these neutrons much earlier if they really exist. But only the one who dare can
win and the difficult situation, due to the continuous structure of the beta
spectrum, is lighted by a remark of my honored predecessor, Mr Debye, who
told me recently in Bruxelles: “Oh, It’s well better not to think about this at
all, like new taxes”. From now on, every solution to the issue must be discussed.
Thus, dear radioactive people, look and judge.
Unfortunately, I cannot appear in Tubingen personally since I am indispensable here in Zurich because of a ball on the night of 6/7 December. With my
best regards to you, and also to Mr Back.
Your humble servant,
W. Pauli
This idea of the neutrino never appeared in any scientific journal. In fact
Pauli seems to have regretted suggesting this particle. He said later “I did
a horrible thing, which no physicist should do—I suggested a particle that
cannot be detected.” In the year 1931, Dirac published the paper on the idea
of magnetic monopole. After this, [105] “Pauli told I. I. Rabi: ‘I think I am
cleverer than Dirac, I shall not publish it.’?” The “it” here referred to his neutrino
hypothesis. Obviously, Pauli thought that Dirac was unwise to have published
that year in the Proceedings of Royal Society an article about an undiscovered
magnetic monopole. The magnetic monopole has not been discovered yet, but
neutrino is now a full blown area of research.
R. N. Mohapatra
I agree that my remedy could seem incredible because one should have seen
these neutrons much earlier if they really exist. But only the one who dare can
win and the difficult situation, due to the continuous structure of the beta
spectrum, is lighted by a remark of my honored predecessor, Mr Debye, who
told me recently in Bruxelles: “Oh, It’s well better not to think about this at
all, like new taxes”. From now on, every solution to the issue must be discussed.
Thus, dear radioactive people, look and judge.
Unfortunately, I cannot appear in Tubingen personally since I am indispensable here in Zurich because of a ball on the night of 6/7 December. With my
best regards to you, and also to Mr Back.
Your humble servant,
W. Pauli
This idea of the neutrino never appeared in any scientific journal. In fact
Pauli seems to have regretted suggesting this particle. He said later “I did
a horrible thing, which no physicist should do—I suggested a particle that
cannot be detected.” In the year 1931, Dirac published the paper on the idea
of magnetic monopole. After this, [105] “Pauli told I. I. Rabi: ‘I think I am
cleverer than Dirac, I shall not publish it.’?” The “it” here referred to his neutrino
hypothesis. Obviously, Pauli thought that Dirac was unwise to have published
that year in the Proceedings of Royal Society an article about an undiscovered
magnetic monopole. The magnetic monopole has not been discovered yet, but
neutrino is now a full blown area of research.