Jerzy Pniewski
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Jerzy Pniewski was a Polish
physicist
.
In 1952, he co-discovered the hypernucleus
with Marian Danysz
. In 1962, he discovered hypernuclear isomery.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
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In 1952, he co-discovered the hypernucleus
Hypernucleus
A hypernucleus is a nucleus which contains at least one hyperon in addition to nucleons. The first was discovered by Marian Danysz and Jerzy Pniewski in 1952....
with Marian Danysz
Marian Danysz
Marian Danysz was a Polish physicist.Son of Jan Kazimierz Danysz. In 1952, he co-discovered with Jerzy Pniewski a new kind of matter, an atomic nucleus, which alongside a proton and neutron contains a third particle: the lambda hyperon .Ten years later, they obtained a hypernucleus in excited...
. In 1962, he discovered hypernuclear isomery.