Ephraim Fischbach Explained
Ephraim Fischbach is an American physicist and a professor at Purdue University. He is best known for his attempts to find a fifth force of nature[1] and his research relating to the detection of neutrinos.[2] He has also done work relating to the prediction of solar flares[3] and the detection of radiation by cell phones.[4] Fischbach studies variation in radioactive decay rates, suggesting that neutrino emission from the Sun reduces the rate of nuclear decay.[5] He reanalysed the Eötvös experiment, which he saw as evidence for a fifth physical force.[6] However, in 1992, he and Carrick Talmadge conducted an experiment which found no compelling evidence for a fifth force.[7] Fischbach has been a fellow of the American Physical Society since 2001, and a professor at Purdue since 1979. He also was an associate professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stony Brook, New York from 1978 to 1979. He received a B.A. in physics in 1963 from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in 1967 from the University of Pennsylvania.
External links
- https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/44882
- https://www.physics.purdue.edu/people/faculty/ephraim.php
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/11/05/physics-gravitating-toward-newtonian-forces/714bdabb-fbd8-4e8f-b9d9-205bacb71a9a/
- https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/08/nyregion/purdue-student-in-a-first-earns-a-double-doctorate.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
- https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4612-1438-0
Notes and References
- News: Wilford . John Noble . Oct 17, 1986 . PHYSICISTS CHALLENGE THEORY OF A 'FIFTH FORCE' BEYOND GRAVITY . New York Times.
- News: Foltz . Aulden . December 1, 2016 . Physicists propose new system for detecting neutrinos . Stanford Daily.
- News: WAMC Northeast Public Radio . November 1, 2012 . Dr. Ephraim Fischbach, Purdue University – Predicting Solar Flares . WAMC Northeast Public Radio.
- Web site: Ephraim Fischbach . 2024-01-10 . Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . en-US.
- News: Madrigal . Alexis C. . August 25, 2010 . Maybe Radioactive Decay Rates Aren't Physical Constants . The Atlantic.
- Fischbach . Ephraim . Sudarsky . Daniel . Szafer . Aaron . Talmadge . Carrick . Aronson . S.H. . 6 January 1986 . Reanalysis of the Eötvös experiment . Physical Review Letters. 56 . 1 . 3–6 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.3 . 10032514 . 1986PhRvL..56....3F .
- Fischbach . Ephraim . Talmadge . Carrick . March 19, 1992 . Six years of the fifth force . Nature . en . 356 . 6366 . 207–215 . 10.1038/356207a0 . 1992Natur.356..207F . 21255315 . 0028-0836.
