Gentner

Bothe asked Gentner to build such a generator at the KWImF.

Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010

Soon after Gentner arrived in Heidelberg, Bothe also recruited Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, who had done his doctorate with the Nobel Laureate James Franck.

Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010

With the aid of the KWImF workshops, Gentner made amazingly quick progress.

Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010

Attracted by the opportunity to return to his homeland and work with Bothe, Gentner accepted.

Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010

Wolfgang Gentner in 1936 and was used as a particle accelerator to investigate the nuclear photo-effect in middle weight elements.

Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010

By April 1937, Gentner had determined the photo-effect for more than a dozen nuclei.

Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010

Gentner and Maier-Leibnitz to develop radioactive phosphorus isotopes that were used to trace intermediate reactions of glycolysis.

Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010

He invited Gentner to continue his studies at the KWImF.

Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010

Wolfgang Gentner returned to Heidelberg and took over Bothe's research group, establishing an independent Max Planck

Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010

Bothe and Gentner both understood that the radiation sources Gentner had used in Paris did not produce bombardment gamma-rays at sufficient energy to efficiently affect neutrons in heavier nuclei.

Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010