Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of
Sir Michael Warwick Thompson
(b. 1931)
by Adrian Nardone and Timothy E. Powell
NCUACS catalogue no. 71/9/97
M. W. Thompson
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Date of material:
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The Library, University of Birmingham
Adrian Nardone and Timothy E. Powell
Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of Sir Michael Warwick
Thompson (b. 1931), Physicist
NCUACS catalogue no. 71/9/97
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LIST OF CONTENTS
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
SECTIONA
RESEARCH
A.1 - A.145
SECTIONB
PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURE
SECTION C
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
INDEX OF CORRESPONDENTS
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
PROVENANCE
The papers were received through the good offices of Christine Penney, University Archivist,
University of Birmingham in July 1997.
OUTLINE OF THE CAREER OF MICHAEL WARWICK THOMPSON.
Michael Warwick Thompson was born on
1 June 1931.
He attended Rydal School and the
University of Liverpool where in 1953 he was awarded a first class honours degree in physics and
was also Oliver Lodge Prize-winner. That same year he became a research scientist at the Atomic
Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berkshire and remained there untill 1965, conducting
research into atomic collision phenomena in solids.
In 1963 Thompson was awarded a D.Sc. in
physics from the University of Liverpool and also in that year was elected a Fellow of the Institute of
Physics.
From 1965 to 1980 Thompson worked at the University of Sussex, Brighton.
He was Professor of
Experimental Physics from 1965 to 1980 (Visiting Professor of Experimental Physics from 1980-
In
1987 he moved to the University of Birmingham as Vice-Chancellor and Principal, retiring in 1996.
In 1980 Thompson was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, Norwich.
1986) and he served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor from 1973 to 1977 (acting Vice-Chancellor in 1976).
Thompson was knighted in 1991.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
The material is presented in the order given in the list of contents.
It covers the period 1949 to
1991.
Section A, Research, consists of notebooks, research papers and reports and covers the period
1954 to 1986. The notebooks, covering the period 1957 to 1986, consist of rough notes on research
carried out at AERE Harwell and at the University of Sussex.
There are also three notebooks of
experimental results
kept
while
at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Nuclear
Laboratories, Ontario in 1968. The research papers cover the period 1954 to 1985. The bulk were
categorised by Thompson as either theoretical or experimental.
There are also some research
papers which were not placed by Thompson into either category.
The reports are United Kingdom
Atomic Energy Authority Reports (classified and unclassified) and relate to work carried out at
AERE, Harwell. They were produced in the period 1957 to 1969. Thompson usually published a
version of his unclassified reports and attention is drawn to these in the catalogue.
Section B,
Publications and
lecture, covers the
period 1949 to
1991
and consists of
draft
publications, lecture material and Thompson’s collection of off-prints of his own scientific papers.
The bulk of the publications material relates to his book Defects and radiation damage in metals,
(Cambridge University Press, 1969).
There is one lecture in this section ‘Violence and disorder in
the solid state’ which was presented as the Ninth John Waddell Lecture at The Royal Military
College of Canada, Port Frederick, Kingston, Canada in May 1985. Lists of publications and reports
and a mailing list can be found together with off-prints of Thompson’s scientific papers.
University in the period 1973 to 1980. Thompson was leader of the site development project team
section. There are also lecture notes, correspondence re arrangements etc. for seminars, lectures
Section C, University of Sussex, consists of material relating to teaching and administration at the
and guest lectures held within the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences during the period
the University site for the 1970s and 1980s. A report from 1973 about this work is to be found in this
set up to carry out investigations and planning work for the establishment of a development plan for
BATH 1997
Adrian Nardone
Timothy E. Powell
1974 to 1980.
There is also an index of correspondents.
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SECTION A
RESEARCH
A.1-A.145
NOTEBOOKS
A.22-A.132
RESEARCH FOLDERS
A.22-A.59
Experimental folders
A.60-A.111
Theory folders
A.112-A.132
Other research folders
A.133-A.144
REPORTS
A.133-A.142
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
(UKAEA) Reports.
A.143, A.144
Other reports
PHOTOGRAPHS
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NOTEBOOKS
1957-1986
‘1957-1971 Notes of research seminars attended’, hardback notebook so
inscribed. Some intercalated material.
Sequence of seventeen notebooks. All hardback with the exception of A.5.
The notebooks are usually inscribed or labelled by Thompson with the date
and the description ‘rough work’.
They follow a chronological order 1958-
1986 although there is a gap for the period 1969 to 1976.
The notebooks may contain calculations, draft papers for journals, some
draft letters, plans for experiments and notes taken at seminars.
‘1958 to April 1959’.
‘April 1959 to Dec. ‘59’.
‘October 1960 to Aug. 1961’.
‘Dec. 1961 to June 62’.
‘June 62 to July 63’.
‘Dec. 59 to April ‘60’. Some intercalated material.
‘Aug. 1961 to Dec. 1961’. Some intercalated material.
‘April 1960 to October 1960’. Some intercalated material.
‘1964’. Some intercalated material.
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‘1965 to Sept 1966’.
‘August 1966’.
ca 1967-1968.
‘July 77 to Feb. 78’.
‘Feb-June 78’. Some intercalated material.
‘June 1978 to Jan 1980’. Some intercalated material.
‘Jan 1980 to [?]’. Some intercalated material.
‘Feb 86-[?]’.
A.19-A.21
A single sequence of dividers, running from A to Z, was used to divide up
the material within the three binders. Each binder has a table of contents at
the front.
The binders contain data from experiments including much
photographic material.
Three ringbound binders kept by Thompson while carrying out research at
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk
River, Ontario, Canada from August to September 1968.
The third binder
also contains experiments carried out in the University of Sussex in January
1969.
binders.
Thompson later presented his findings in the paper ‘Low-angle scattering of
He* ions at a W crystal surface’ with B.W. Farmery, A.D. Marwick in Atomic
collision phenomena in solids, edited by D.W.Palmer, M.W. Thompson and
P.D. Townsend, North-Holland, 1970.
1-22 August 1968.
With label on front cover giving details of the three
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4-5 [?September] 1968.
4-5 September 1968 and 3 and 14 January 1969.
A.22-A.132
RESEARCH FOLDERS
1954-1985
Thompson’s unbound research papers were all kept in identical folders.
Most of the folders were marked as either ‘Exp[erimental]’ or ‘Theory’ and
At A.112-A.132
are presented at A.22-A.59 and A.60-A.111 respectively.
are
folders
either
experimental or theory.
which Thompson did
categorise
research
not
as
The material in the folders may include drafts for scientific papers.
A.22-A.59
Experimental folders
1955-1967
A.22-A.24
6pp
manuscript
including
letter
description
of
re preparation of
a resistance minimum in Molybdenum’, 2pp manuscript
Resistance
‘Molybdenum
experimental procedures and results,
tungsten samples, 17 January 1955-April 1958.
Specimens’,
‘Measurement of
draft + table and graph, 1 October 1957.
‘Exp: restivity of Mo’. Contents of folder so inscribed, divided into three for
ease of reference. 1955-1957.
The papers below are a sequence of research folders Thompson marked as
‘Exp[erimental]’. They have been arranged in chronological order as far as
possible.
Tables and graphs of research data + photographs, ca October 1958.
‘M.J. Stubbs. Summaries of Results.
inscribed.
‘Summary of observations, Mo 1.10’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
Tables and graphs of research data, ca September-December 1955.
Mo and W’.
Contents of folder so
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‘Exp: proton irradiation of quartz’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
Research notes and data etc., 8pp; ca 1955-1959; correspondence re quartz
polishing with 1p research data, 24 August 1955-17 May 1956.
‘Exp: proton sputtering’.
enclosed a folder inscribed ‘Proton sputtering’ (see A.26). 1957-1961.
Contents of folder so inscribed.
This folder
‘Proton Sputtering’. AERE Harwell issue folder so inscribed enclosing A.27-
A.47. The contents were subdivided by Thompson into further folders.
Information given on the cover states that it was created in the Basic
Irradiation Studies Group of the Metallurgy Division.
Its subject content was
stated as being ‘Surface sputtering during the proton irradiation of gold’.
Date of opening of folder October 1957.
A summary of results of experiments (‘runs’) is given on the inside cover,
see A.34-A.47.
A.26-A.47
A.27-A.33
‘Autoradiographs of silica blanks’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
Letter re quartz and silica samples, 11 April 1958
‘Preliminary autoradiographs’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
‘Irradiation sputtering-development of techniques.
gold
targets, auto-radiographs, geiger counters’. Contents of folder so inscribed
consisting of an inner folder enclosing five further folders and a manuscript
draft. 1957-1958.
Preparation of
Folder enclosing A.28-A.33. Date of opening of folder July 1957.
Research data 7pp + 3 graphs, 2-11 September 1957, 17, 21 February and
18-24 April 1958.
photograph + graph. N.d.
‘Autoradiographs of irradiated silica’, 1p manuscript of research notes and
data with two photographs + graph. N.d.
‘Test with Rhodium plated silica’, 1p manuscript of research notes and data
with two photographs so entitled. 4-7 November 1957.
‘Trial irradiation of graphite’, 1p manuscript of research notes and data with
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‘Autoradiograph of
research notes and data with photograph. N.d.
pure Al
spec.
foil
(N.
Hancox)’,
1p manuscript of
‘Energy loss of protons in gold’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
Graphs and tables of research data, 10pp. February 1958.
‘Preparation of gold targets’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
1p manuscript of research notes and data with 3 x-ray photographs. N.d.
‘Molecular beam detection’, 2pp manuscript draft so inscribed. N.d.
‘Trial autoradiographs using gold sputtered in gas discharge onto silica
blanks’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
Research data + 2 graphs and copper disc.
N.d.
Run 1.
Run 2 and 3.
‘Run 3.
A.34-A.46
Experimental Runs.
Research notes and data 3pp + graph and diagram. 12-22 October 1957.
With the exception of A.34 and A.35 the material consists of ‘runs’ from
experiments using a PSC (Proton Sputtering Camera). 1957-1958.
notes and data + graph and photograph. 24 February and 4-12 April 1958.
‘Energy transferred to PKO recoiling at 45’, 2pp manuscript calculations +
graph. N.d.
‘Proton irradiation sputtering Run 2’, 4pp manuscript research notes and
data + graph and photograph. 26 November-12 December 1957.
Effect of varying angle of incidence’, 2pp manuscript research
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Runs 1 and 2 (PSC).
12pp manuscript research notes and data + graphs. 18 April-5 May 1958.
Run 3 (PSC).
11pp manuscript research notes and data + graphs and diagrams.
June 1958.
11-24
Run 4 (PSC).
7pp manuscript research notes and data + graphs and photograph.
July 1958.
17-30
Run 5 (PSC).
3pp manuscript research notes and data. 12-22 August 1958.
Run 6 (PSC).
Run 7 (PSC).
Run 8 (PSC).
9pp manuscript research notes and data with 2pp calculations + graphs and
photograph. 30 September-19 October 1958.
10pp manuscript research notes and data + graphs and photograph.
October-7 November 1958.
28
10pp manuscript research notes and data + tracings, 16-19 December 1958.
‘Run 8 (PSC)’, 2pp manuscript research notes and data + graphs, 8-15
December 1958.
Folder enclosing research papers with three photographs attached inside
cover.
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Run 10 (PSC).
8pp manuscript research
February-13 March 1959.
Run 11 (PSC).
notes
and
data
+ graphs and
tracings,
25
6pp manuscript research notes and data + graph and tracings, 25-30 May
1959.
Run 12 (PSC).
5pp manuscript research notes and data + graphs and 5 sheets of tracings,
22 June-7 July 1959.
‘Proton Sputtering Targets (front)
book, so inscribed.
& Collectors (back)’, softback exercise
Apparently created in the period 1958-1961 the ‘Target’ entries are undated
while the ‘Collector entries include references to experiments carried out
from April 1955 to February 1961.
‘Exp: sublimation’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
‘Exp: penetration off] Li” in HF’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
Manuscript research notes and data re ‘run’ experiments with intercalated
material including x-rays and photographs.
2pp manuscript calculations + table, photographs etc., June 1958-October
1959; ‘Li* lon bombardment of LiF’, softback small notebook, so inscribed
with manuscript research notes and diagrams on first few pages, n.d.
ca June 1959.
‘Run 2’, 5pp manuscript research notes and data + graphs, so entitled, June
1959.
‘Run 1’, 4pp manuscript research notes and data + graphs, so entitled, May
1959.
‘Summary Sublimation’,
photographs, so entitled.
1p
manuscript draft
+
graphs, diagram and
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‘Exp: energy spectrum by low speed rotor’. Contents of folder so inscribed,
divided into two for ease of reference.
1p manuscript research data + graphs, x-rays and tracings. May 1959, May
1961
‘Mechanical Spectrometer’, softback exercise book, so inscribed.
Manuscript research notes, data and calculations with diagrams and graphs.
ca May 1961.
‘Exp: energy spectrum by E.M. Spectrometer.
inscribed, divided into two for ease of reference.
Contents of folder so
‘E.M. Spectrometer’, softback exercise book, so inscribed.
Manuscript research notes, data and calculations with diagrams and graphs
and intercalated x-rays.
10 November 1960-23 March 1961.
Tracings, n.d.
‘Mrs J. Hall 15 September 1962’, photographs from envelope so inscribed.
‘Exp: erosion’. Contents of folder so inscribed, divided into two for ease of
reference.
‘Experiments on the erosion of single crystals of gold by bombarding with
argon ions from heavy ion accelerator’. Contents of folder so inscribed. ca
1961.
intercalated material so inscribed.
‘Exp: transmission channelling in Cu’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
19pp manuscript draft report with photographs.
with a
1965
and
8
‘Transmission
and
‘Transmission Channelling 2’, 30 March-3 April 1965, two softback exercise
books
little
Channelling
January-10
manuscript
containing
February
research
notes
data
1’,
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‘Exp: energy spectras’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
2pp typescript of German scientific paper and 5pp manuscript translation by
J.A. Venables, 6 December 1967.
‘Notes on the possibility of miniaturising the velocity selection expt.’, 4pp
manuscript notes by J.A. Venables, 14 December 1967.
‘Exp: strength of glass’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
9pp manuscript research data + graphs. N.d.
‘Experiment: surface scattering’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
‘Target Holder’, blueprint and tracing paper copy so entitled.
N.d.
A.60-A.111
Theory folders
1956-1975
The papers catalogued below are a sequence of research folders Thompson
marked as ‘Theory’. They have been arranged in chronological order as far
as possible.
‘The movement of gas bubbles in a solid under the action of fission spikes’,
‘Theory of [?Interstitial] Migration’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
6pp manuscript draft with calculations + graphs, ca September 1956.
A.60-A.65
‘Theory: miscellaneous’. Contents of folder so inscribed, consisting of three
further folders, a notebook and two manuscript drafts. 1956-1961.
‘The variation of activation energy with temperature’. Contents of folder so
inscribed.
11pp manuscript draft, latest bibliographical reference 1961.
5pp manuscript research notes, data and calculations + graphs, latest
bibliographical reference 1959.
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Softback notebook with manuscript notes and calculations re observations
and possible experiments with much intercalated material. N.d.
‘Nielsen’s range values’, 1p manuscript calculations. N.d.
‘Theory of [?Focusing] Generation in a Vibrating Lattice’. Contents of folder
so inscribed.
‘Summary’, 8pp manuscript calculations so entitled.
N.d.
A.66-A.68
‘Theory: interatomic collision’. Contents of folder so inscribed, divided into
three for ease of reference.
‘Interatomic collisions relevant to irradiation damage’, 18pp typescript draft
+ graphs with annotations and with 2pp manuscript draft at end entitled ‘The
collision of fast ions with beams of atoms’. March 1957.
‘Interatomic collisions...’, 18pp typescript with annotations. March 1957.
6pp manuscript calculations + graphs. N.d.
‘Theory: erosion by sputtering’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
‘Mechanism of Sputtering Progress Report on work done between July 1960
and June 1961’, 7pp + photographs.
Brief correspondence with G. M. McCracken, March-April 1974.
9pp manuscript calculations, latest bibliographical reference 1961.
‘High-energy sputtering from crystals’, 45pp manuscript draft + graphs and
diagrams, 1961.
‘Theory: high fidelity sputtering’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
‘Theory: assisted focusing’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
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‘Theory of erosion’.
ease of reference. 1961-1962.
Contents of folder so inscribed, divided into two for
Bundle of papers including typescript correspondence with A.D.G. Stewart,
of the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, and typescript
draft versions of a report by Stewart with related manuscript calculations, 14
October 1961-7 April 1962.
6pp manuscript calculations; ‘Angle of Incidence Effects in Sputtering’, 5pp
manuscript draft and 5pp copy with annotations so entitled, n.d.
A.74-A.77
‘Theory: influence of thermal vibration on focusing’.
inscribed. 4 folders. 1962
Contents of folder so
The papers consist of manuscript draft calculations etc. compiled in the
preparation of
on focused collision
sequences’, with R.S. Nelson, and H. Montgomery, Philosophical Magazine,
7, (1962), p1385-p1405.
‘The influence of thermal vibration
A.78-A.83
A.79-A.82
Contents of folder so inscribed,
Manuscript research notes and calculations etc.
4 folders.
ca 1962.
‘Theory: sputtered energy spectrum’.
divided into six for ease of reference. ca 1962.
‘Thermal Sputtering’, 16pp manuscript research notes and calculations.
N.d.
‘The Focused Spectrum’, 3pp manuscript research notes and calculations +
graphs and table; etc.
ca August 1962 and February 1964.
‘Theory of channelling’. Contents of folder so inscribed, divided into five for
ease of reference. 1962-1964.
Manuscript research
influence of channelling on nuclear reaction rates.
and calculations etc.
notes
AERE
programmes; etc.
internal
including
material
re
memoranda,
A.84-A.88
typescript
computations
and
computer
N.d.
ca 1962.
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‘A numerical correction to “The penetration of energetic ions through the
open channels in
a crystal lattice” by R.S. Nelson and M.W. Thompson,
Phil. Mag., 8, (1963), p1677’, Philosophical Magazine, 9, (1964), p1069.
1964.
Correspondence and two typescript drafts with corrections.
‘Channelling: Theory’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
Includes manuscript calculations re density of nuclei near a closely packed
plane, proton channelling in
Si <110>, protons in Au <110> channels,
channel blocking by intersistials, impulse approximations, etc.
N.d.
App photocopies of channelling calculations; etc.
N.d.
‘Theory: damage function with inverse square potfential]’.
folder so inscribed.
Contents of
9pp manuscript calculations + graphs; 1p typescript computations.
1963.
July
Contents of folder so inscribed, divided
2pp manuscript notes and calculations + graphs, ca 1964.
‘Calculation of
inscribed.
N.d.
V(r) from Focusing Parameters’.
Contents of folder so
‘Theory: inter atomic potentials’.
into two for ease of reference. ca 1964.
Includes calculations re A-A and Cu-Cu potentials, compressibility and bulk
modules; etc.
5pp typescript computations and covering letter, 21 November 1966.
3pp manuscript calculations + graphs and related letter, 30 June [?1966],
‘Theory: damage function for graphite’.
consisting of
Theory in Graphite’.
Contents of folder so inscribed,
further folder inscribed ‘Improvement of Displacement
a
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A.93-A.101
‘Theory of Channelling’.
for ease of reference. 1966-1967.
Contents of folder so inscribed, divided into nine
Material re ‘A theory of star patterns’, Proc. Int. Conf. SSP Res with ACC.
BNL 50083, (1967), p.127.
3pp manuscript calculations, October and December 1966.
1p typescript draft abstract; 11pp manuscript research notes + photographs;
etc. December 1966.
7pp graphs ca January 1967.
Letter re research data etc., 17 April 1967; 3pp graphs, n.d.
Letter etc. re star pattern data, 28 July 1967; memo re draft paper on star
patterns, etc., n.d.
‘Theory of Star Patterns’, 20pp manuscript draft + references, n.d.
‘Interpretation of Star Patterns’, 30pp manuscript draft including calculations
+ graphs, n.d.
‘Theory of star patterns’, 23pp typescript with annotations + references and
diagrams, n.d.
(false start)’, 20pp manuscript calculations, n.d.
7pp photocopies of manuscript calculations re channelling theory.
A.102-A.104
‘Theory of multiple scattering from surfaces.
folder so inscribed, divided into three for ease of reference. 1970.
(April 1970)’.
Contents of
‘Multiple Scatt.
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‘He* Multiple Scattering in Tungsten’, 2pp manuscript calculations + graph,
n.d.
‘Multiple Scattering from a Solid Surface’, 27pp manuscript calculations,
n.d.
‘Theory: Scattering by inverse square potential’.
inscribed.
Contents of folder so
Manuscript note to Thompson re unidentified review being authored by him,
20 October 1971 (attached to outside of folder).
12pp manuscript calculations, n.d.
A.106-A.111
‘Surface Scattering 1. Theory 2. Correspondence on
Contents of folder so inscribed.
1971-1975.
Divided into
the experiments’.
six for ease of reference.
‘The low angle scattering of 275 keV He”* ions from a tungsten crystal
surface’,
with A.D. Marwick, B.W. Farmery and G.S. Harbinson, Rad.
Effects, 15, (1972), 195-204.
14pp typescript draft + references, ca May 1971.
Letter and graph re channelling simulations, etc., 4 November 1971.
Material re ‘X-ray production and ion scattering from surfaces’, D. Phil thesis
by research student G.S Harbinson including 3pp typescript report, March
1972,
scattering experiments,
manuscript correspondence and notes re corrections to thesis etc., May
1973.
Thompson, October, November [?1975].
al
‘Theory of surface scattering (unpublished 1st draft of Harbinson et
1975)’, 10pp typescript draft + diagrams; correspondence etc. with
H.J.
Pabst re ‘skewness’ effects, February, March 1975; correspondence with G.
S. Harbinson re publication of
a paper by
results from her thesis
1p
typescript memorandum re
surface
in
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30pp typescript draft with 2pp manuscript corrections to draft headed ‘Main
points from Alan’s Chapter 5’.
Possibly part of a thesis by A.D. Marwick
(see A.107, A.108); etc.
N.d.
and Energy Loss by
‘Scattering
Single Row, 6pp photocopies of
manuscript research notes and calculations so entitled; ‘Multiple scattering
by rows’, 2pp manuscript research notes and calculations. N.d.
a
A.112-A.132
Other research folders
1954-1985
The papers catalogued below consist of research folders not marked by
Thompson as being either ‘Experimental’ or ‘Theory’.
The papers are
arranged chronologically.
‘Drawings of cryostat E/B’.
seven for ease of reference. 1954-1966.
Contents of folder so inscribed, divided into
‘Thermocouple calibrations’.
three for ease of reference. 1954-1956.
Contents of folder so inscribed, divided into
A.112-A.118
A.112-A.114
‘Cu/Constantan.
inscribed.
3pp manuscript research data + diagram, etc.
1p typescript
Contents of folder so
Thermocouple calibrations’.
Contents of
folder
so
14pp manuscript research data + graphs, ca June 1955, February 1956.
‘Calibration of Cu/Con 5 and 6, -196°C-,232°C’.
inscribed.
7pp manuscript research data + graphs, ca October 1954.
laboratory report, 3 May 1955.
1,2 December 1955.
Material re apparatus to maintain constant level
Dewar flask
manuscript draft and 1p typescript draft re apparatus description. N.d.
‘Automatic level controller’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
including diagrams, 2pp manuscript notes and
data,
‘Current regulator’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
of
liquid nitrogen in
a
ip
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‘Low temperature pile irradiation facilities’, 2pp typescript meeting minutes,
11 July 1956.
Report re safety clearance for water cooled hollow slug, 6pp typescript, 18
July 1958.
‘Research
Contents of folder so inscribed.
Engineering
and
Controls
Ltd.
Resistance
Thermometers’.
Correspondence 21 December 1964-8 March 1965.
Insurance company report re lifting tackle in use at AERE, 1p typescript, 19
September 1956.
3pp diagrams re automatic heating controller; 2pp diagrams re ‘H.T.’ power
unit; 1p diagram re circuit for resistance measurement. N.d.
A.119-A.121
‘Joyce’s reports’. Contents of folder so inscribed, divided into three for ease
of reference. ca 1959.
Photographs, n.d.
A.122-A.131
Contents of untitled folder.
‘Use of the scintillation detector, 6pp typescript draft with annotations +
diagram; x-ray photographs. N.d.
‘Growth of single crystals by electron bombardment’, 3pp typescript draft +
diagram, latest bibliographical reference 1959; ‘A method of measuring the
sputtering rates of metals with the heavy ion accelerator’, 3pp typescript
draft + diagram, n.d.
Material at A.122, A.123 was found in further folders.
Papers re Au spectra ‘run’ experiments.
A.122 and A.123.
A summary of results appears at
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‘Energy spectra: summary of Au results’.
divided into two for ease of reference. 1963-1964.
Contents of folder so inscribed,
‘High speed rotor runs 11
to 41 Experiments Au Spectra’, softback exercise
book so inscribed with much intercalated material, 11 March 1963-18 June
1964.
X-ray photographs. N.d.
‘Energy Spectra summary of Au data’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
7pp manuscript research data + graphs etc.
N.d.
A.124-A.131
Research data etc. from runs from experiments. 1963-1964.
A.124
Runs 6-8.
Runs 9, 10.
Runs 15-18.
Runs 19-22.
Runs 23, 24.
Runs 11-14.
Runs 27-29.
M.W.Thompson
NCUACS 71/9/97
Research
‘Z. oscillations’. Contents of folder so inscribed.
Letter etc.
re exchange of research findings between Thompson and
colleagues at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay, India, 12 April
1985.
2pp manuscript research data etc. re Z1 oscillations, n.d.
A.133-A.144
REPORTS
1961-1969
Reports catalogued below are classified and unclassified reports of the
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and other, non UKAEA,
reports.
A.133-A.142
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
Reports
A.143, A.144
Other reports
A.133
A.134-A.142
reports
relate
to
research
A.133-A.142
Classified reports.
Thompson kept lists
reports. He had a separate list for classified reports. See B.31 and B.32.
his publications which included his unclassified
of
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
(UKAEA) Reports
at Atomic Energy Research
The following
Establishment, Harwell. They are of two kinds, classified and unclassified.
Unclassified reports often have a published version, the bibliographical
reference for which is supplied where applicable.
experiments’, ca 1961.
‘The influence of neutron spectrum on radiation damage in
January 1961.
Unclassified reports.
‘Some properties of
a cyclotron beam required for
radiation damage
Classified reports
1957-1969
ca 1961
solids’,
26
M.W.Thompson
NCUACS 71/9/97
Research
A.134-A.142
Unclassified reports
1957-1969
A.134
‘A current regulator to facilitate electrical resistance measurements at low
temperature’,
Scientific
Instruments, 34, (1957), 515.
published
Journal
1957.
Later
June
of
in
‘The influence of neutron energy spectrum on the production of irradiation
damage’, August 1958.
ejection
‘The
September 1958.
139-141.
of atoms from
irradiation’,
Later published in Philosophical Magazine, 4, (1959),
crystals
proton
during
gold
‘The damage and recovery of neutron irradiated tungsten’, October 1959.
Later published in Philosophical Magazine, 5, (1960), 278.
‘Focusing collisions and irradiation damage’, October 1959. Later published
as ‘How focusing collisions affect radiation damage’, Nucleonics, 18, (1960).
of
effect
‘The
of
superconductors’, with K.D. Chaudhuri and K. Mendelssohn, April 1960.
Later published in Cyrogenics, 1, (1960).
conductivity
radiation
damage
thermal
the
on
‘Atomic collision sequences in crystals of Cu, Ag, and Au revealed by
sputtering in energetic ion beams’, with R.S. Nelson, April 1960.
Later
published in Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 259, (1960), 458-479.
‘Radiation damage in body-centred metals’, October 1960.
Later published
in Rendiconti della scuola internazionale di Fisica
THOMPSON, Michael Warwick
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