= Eugene Wigner
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= Eugene Paul Wigner
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= Eugene P. Wigner
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<Eugene Wigner> and <Gregory Breit> connected the capture of slow <neutrons> with resonant excited states of a target <atomic nucleus>. A capture probability can change rapidly when the projectile <energy> crosses one of these states. Their treatment relates the peak to the coupling into the intermediate state and its possible decay channels. It therefore explains why a small interval of incident <energies> can contain pronounced structure, rather than a smooth response determined by the target's size alone.<Capture of Slow Neutrons by Gregory Breit and Eugene Wigner>[1936 abstract and resonance treatment of slow-neutron absorption]{ref}
A <physicist>.https://phy.princeton.edu/about/history/faculty-history/princeton-physics-nobel-laureates[Independent professional profile]{ref}
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