Scientists / Open questions
James Rainwater
Nuclear physics; nuclear structure
1975 Nobel Prize in Physics
2 questions
Open extensions of Rainwater's generalized Abbe sine-law magnification relations: higher-order object displacements, discontinuous angular mappings, lossy transfer, and wide-screen (partially symmetric) systems
First-Principles Determination of the Space-Charge-Limited Current in High-Current Synchrocyclotrons (Rainwater's Matching-Radius Problem)