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Incoming links: Obituary of Alexander Reid in Nature
Alexander Reid Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
An experimental physicist who studied electron diffraction by sending cathode rays through thin celluloid films. His contemporary scientific obituary identifies this research and the definitive paper that followed the preliminary report. A transmitted electron beam developing an angular diffraction pattern tests the matter wave description of electrons, connecting a particle beam produced in a vacuum apparatus with phenomena familiar from wave optics.[ref]
Obituary of Alexander Reid in Nature. Scientific-work paragraph: diffraction of cathode rays through thin celluloid films and the preliminary and definitive reports