Papers of Sander Weinreb > MIT Series

Description

Includes correspondence, the 1960 proposal for a program to detect the galactic deuterium line, and the November 1963 press release on the detection of interstellar hydroxyl with related photographs. Size: 3 folders.

Collection Items

Deuterium Line Proposal, 1960
Description: Proposed program to detect the galactic deuterium line for an eighteen-month period, June 1, 1960 through November 30, 1961
Start Date: 1960-04-28

Description: Two letters from Jerome Weisner to Weinreb
Start Date: 1961-10-25

Hydroxyl Detection, November 1963
Description: Plot of hydroxyl line intensity vs. frequency
Start Date: 1963-10-17

Hydroxyl Detection, November 1963
Description: 84-foot tracking antenna at Millstone Hill in Westford, Massachusetts, used by MIT scientists in radio astronomy experiment to detect and measure hydrogen-oxygen matter [OH, hydroxyl] in interstellar space. The major facilities used for this…
Start Date: 1963-00-00

Hydroxyl Detection, November 1963
Description: First radio astronomy detection of hydrogen-oxygen combination [OH, hydroxyl] in interstellar space was accomplished by four MIT scientists with key support from US Air Force. Left to Right: Dr. Sander Weinreb of Lincoln Laboratory; Professor Alan H.…
Start Date: 1963-11-00

Hydroxyl Detection, November 1963
Description: MIT press release announcing the detection and measurement of interstellar hydroxyl (OH)
Start Date: 1963-11-14

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