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Stanford University, Department of Physics, Records http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2j49r8pt No online items Guide to the Stanford University, Department of Physics, Records Daniel Hartwig Stanford University. Libraries.Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford, California October 2010 Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. Note This encoded finding aid is compliant with Stanford EAD Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.0. Guide to the Stanford University, SC0433 1 Department of Physics, Records Overview Call Number: SC0433 Creator: Stanford University. Department of Physics. Title: Stanford University, Department of Physics, records Dates: 1958-1985 Bulk Dates: 1971-1985 Physical Description: 3.25 Linear feet Summary: Research grant files containing abstracts, proposals, correspondence, and budget memoranda; faculty members represented include William Fairbank, Melvin Schwartz, John Dirk Walecka, Robert Hofstadter, and Felix Bloch. Language(s): The materials are in English. Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6064 Email: [email protected] Phone: (650) 725-1022 URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Administrative transfer, 1988. Information about Access This collection is open for research. Ownership & Copyright All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Cite As Stanford University, Department of Physics, Records (SC0433). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Description of the Collection Research grant files containing abstracts, proposals, correspondence, and budget memoranda; faculty members represented include William Fairbank, Melvin Schwartz, John Dirk Walecka, Robert Hofstadter, and Felix Bloch. Access Terms Bloch, Felix, 1905- Fairbank, William M., 1917-1989. Hofstadter, Robert, 1915-1990 Schwartz, Melvin, 1932-2006 Stanford University. Department of Physics. Walecka, John Dirk, 1932- Physics--Research. Records 1958-1985 Guide to the Stanford University, SC0433 2 Department of Physics, Records Records 1958-1985 Box 1, Folder 1 Fairbank/Lipa: JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Proposal 1982 May 1 Scope and Content Note New Proposal, Unfunded, California Institute of Technology, "A Proposal to Develop a Flight Concept of An Experiment To Measure In A Space Shuttle The Specific Heat of Liquid Helium Through the Lambda Point with Very High Temperature Resolution" Box 1, Folder 2 Fairbank/Debra: AFOSR 76-2913 1978 Oct 1-1979 Sep 30 Scope and Content Note (GRAU GAD 1977 Oct-1980 Oct 30), Renewal Proposal to the US Air Force, "The Experimental and Analytical Development of a Sensitive Accelerometer and Gravity Gradiometer" Box 1, Folder 3 Gifford: ONR (Closed) Office Naval Research) Undated Scope and Content Note Final Report, "Investigation of Noise and Small-Signal Parameters of R.F. Squid Magnetometers" Box 1, Folder 4 Litke: DOE, ONR 1983-1985 Scope and Content Note "A Study of Photon Electron Production in e+e Annihilation" and "Research in High-Energy Physics" Box 1, Folder 5 Litke 1981-1982 Scope and Content Note "A Study of Photon Electron Production in e+e Annihilation" and "Research in High-Energy Physics" Box 1, Folder 6 Litke: DOE 1972-1980 Scope and Content Note "Research in High-Energy Physics" Box 1, Folder 7 Proposal to NSF 1976 Jun Scope and Content Note Proposal to NSF for Continuation for a Program of Development and Testing of a Superconductor Electron Accelerator With Recirculation of the Beam and Nuclear Physics Experimentation, Yearian and Schwettman, Physics Dept Box 2, Folder 1 Little Undated Scope and Content Note US/Japan Co-operative "Development of the Design of Molecular Structures" Box 2, Folder 2 Little Undated Scope and Content Note ONR Unfunded, "Feasibility Study of the Use of Photodiode Arrays in a Fluorescense Immunoassay Technique" Box 2, Folder 3 Little: ONR 77-C-0631 Closed 1977 Jun 1-1979 May 31 Scope and Content Note "Structural Considerations in the Design and Synthesis of Polymeric Conductors" Box 2, Folder 4 Schwartz: NSF 800 - 1640 1979 Dec 1 Scope and Content Note "High Energy Physics" Guide to the Stanford University, SC0433 3 Department of Physics, Records Records 1958-1985 Box 2, Folder 5 Susskind/Dimopoulos: DOE Reserch in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics 1983 Aug 1-1984 Jul 31 Box 2, Folder 6 Fetter: NSF and DMR 8118386 (Div. of Materials Research) 1983-1985 Scope and Content Note "Studies in Quantum Fluids" Box 2, Folder 7 Fetter: NSF and DMR 8118386 (Div. of Materials Research) 1981-1983 Scope and Content Note "Studies in Quantum Fluids" Box 2, Folder 8 Fetter: NSF and DMR 8118386 (Div. of Materials Research) 1978-1980 Scope and Content Note "Studies in Quantum Fluids" Box 2, Folder 9 Wagoner: NASA NSG-7204, Closed Undated Scope and Content Note "Theoretical Study of the Hard X-Ray Emissions ...." Box 2, Folder 10 Walecka: NSF, 2FEW404, 79-18046, Closed 1977-1982 Scope and Content Note "Theoretical Physics" Box 2, Folder 11 Walecka: Summary of Research Performed Undated Box 3, Folder 1 Walecka/Serot: NSF 81-07395 1983-1984 Scope and Content Note "Studies in Theoretical Physics" Box 3, Folder 2 Walecka 1981 Scope and Content Note "A Relative Quantum Field Theory of Nuclear Structure" Box 3, Folder 3 Walecka: DOE circa 1980 Scope and Content Note "Proposal to Study Accelerations Processes Produced by Excited Atoms" Box 3, Folder 4 Clifford Will: NASA, NSG 7204, Closed 1979-1983 Scope and Content Note "Theoretical Analysis of Relativistic Gravitational Experiments" Box 3, Folder 5 Clifford Will: NASA, NSG 7204, Closed 1976-1978 Scope and Content Note "Theoretical Analysis of Relativistic Gravitational Experiments" Box 3, Folder 6 Wojcicki/Schwartz: NSF Supp1. Proposal, 7726029 Closed 1976-1979 Scope and Content Note "Program in Energy Physics Research" Box 3, Folder 7 Wojcicki 1975 Scope and Content Note "Budget for a Supplemental Proposal to the NSF for a Program in High Energy Physics" Guide to the Stanford University, SC0433 4 Department of Physics, Records Records 1958-1985 Box 3, Folder 8 Fairbank/Holm: NSF Research Proposal 1978 Jan 1 Scope and Content Note "Static and Time-Resolved Magnetic Susceptibilities of Metalloproteins" Box 4, Folder 1 Fairbank/Madey: AFOSR Renewal Proposal Contract No. F44620--0022 1975 Oct 1-1976 Sep 30 Scope and Content Note "Fundamental Experiments at Liquid Helium Temperatures," 2 copies Box 4, Folder 2 Fairbank/Harrison: Renewal Proposal for NSF GI 34778 1975 May 1-1976 Apr 30 Scope and Content Note "Superconducting Magnetometry for Detection of Heart Disease" Box 4, Folder 3 Fairbank/Debra: Renewal Proposal for AFOSR 76-2913 1977 Oct 1-1978 Sep 30 Scope and Content Note "The Experimental and Analytical Development of a Sensitive Superconducting Accelerometer and Gravity Gradiometer" Box 4, Folder 4 Fairbank/Harrison: Technicon Instruments Corporation 1975 Apr 1-1978 Mar 31 Scope and Content Note "A Proposal For the Development and Verification of Instrumentation and Computer Processing Techniques for Clinical Magnetocardiology" Box 4, Folder 5 Fairbank/Harrison: NSF 1978 Jan 1 Scope and Content Note "The ECG-MCG Relationship: Physiological and Computer Studies" Box 4, Folder 6 Fairbank/Madley: AFOSR Renewal Contract No. F44620-75-C-0022 1974 Oct 1-1977 Sep 30 Scope and Content Note "Fundamental Experiments at Liquid Helium Temperatures, two proposals" Box 5, Folder 1 Fairbank/Giffard: NSF Proposal 1973 Mar-1974 Feb Scope and Content Note "Search for Gravitational Radiation Using Low Temperature Techniques, Renewal Proposal 1976 Apr 1-1977 Mar 31" Box 5, Folder 2 Fairbank: NSF Proposal 1973 Apr 1-1974 Mar 31 Scope and Content Note "Search for Fractional Charge Using Low Temperature Techniques" Box 5, Folder 3 Fairbank/Debra/Opfer: AFOSR Proposal 1972 May Scope and Content Note "Experimental Study of Fundamental Problems Associated with Development of a Free Precession HE Nuclear Gyroscope" Box 5, Folder 4 Fairbank/Everitt/DeBra: NASA Renewal 1975 Jun Scope and Content Note "Program to Perform a Gyro Test of General Relativity in a Satellite" Box 5, Folder 5 Fetter: AFOSR Renewal 1975 Jul 1 Scope and Content Note "Studies in Quantum Fluids and Solids" Guide to the Stanford University, SC0433 5 Department of Physics, Records Records 1958-1985 Box 5, Folder 6 Little: NASA Renewal 1971 Oct Scope and Content Note "Effects of Structure Upon the Electronic Behavior of Materials" Box 5, Folder 7 Litke: DOE 1976 Jul 1-1977 Jun 30 Scope and Content Note "Study of Photon and Anomalous Electron Production in e+e- Annihilation" Box 5, Folder 8 Walecka/Giffard: ONR Renewal Proposal 1978 Jul 1-1979 Jun 30 Scope and Content Note "Investigation of Noise and Small Signal Parameters of RF Squid Magnetometers" Box 5, Folder 9 A Search for Free Quarks at Pep Undated Scope and Content Note T. 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