Michael K. Moe

Michael K. Moe (born 17 November 1937 in Milwaukee)[1] is an American experimental physicist, specializing in particle physics and nuclear physics. He is known his role in 1987 in the direct detection of two neutrino double beta decay in 82Se.[2][3] (Indirect detection of two neutrino double beta decay had been done in the 1960s.)

  1. ^ biographical information from American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004
  2. ^ Elliott, S. R.; Hahn, A. A.; Moe, M. K. (1987). "Direct evidence for two-neutrino double-beta decay in 82Se". Phys. Rev. Lett. 59 (18): 2220–2223. Bibcode:1987PhRvL..59.2020E. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.2020. PMID 10035397.
  3. ^ Browne, Malcolm W. (4 September 1987). "Predicted Decay of Element Seen". NY Times.