Auger effect

Summary

Auger effect ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (159 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Auger effect is credited with the discovery of Lise Meitner^[2].
• Auger effect is credited with the discovery of Pierre Auger^[3].
• Auger effect's image is recorded as Auger Process.svg^[4].
• Pierre Auger is named after Auger effect^[5].
• Auger effect's GND ID is recorded as 4143465-1^[6].
• Auger effect's subclass of is recorded as physical phenomenon^[7].
• Auger effect's subclass of is recorded as electron emission^[8].
• Auger effect's Commons category is recorded as Auger emission^[9].
• Auger effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0z14^[10].
• Auger effect's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0006087^[11].
• Auger effect's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2289622^[12].
• Auger effect's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as auger-effect^[13].
• Auger effect's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as augereffekt^[14].
• Auger effect's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as A00520^[15].
• Auger effect's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 133246^[16].
• Auger effect's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "AugerEffect"]^[17].
• Auger effect's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[18].
• Auger effect's World of Physics ID is recorded as AugerEffect^[19].
• Auger effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 171627272^[20].
• Auger effect's IEV number is recorded as 881-03-43^[21].
• Auger effect's IEV number is recorded as 395-02-65^[22].
• Auger effect's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C171627272^[23].
• Auger effect's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as earth-and-planetary-sciences/auger-effect^[24].
• Auger effect's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as physics-and-astronomy/auger-effect^[25].
• Auger effect's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as efecte-auger^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Lise Meitner^[2], a nuclear physicist^[27], 1878–1968^[28], of Cisleithania^[29], awarded the Silver Leibniz medal^[30], specialised in physics^[31] and Pierre Auger^[3], a physicist^[32], 1899–1993^[33], of France^[34], awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour^[35], specialised in atomic physics^[36].

Why It Matters

Auger effect ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (159 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]