Jayme Tiomno was a Brazil

Brazil

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ian experimental and theoretical physicist

Physicist

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 with interests in particle physics

Particle physics

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 and general relativity

General relativity

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. He was member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences

Brazilian Academy of Sciences

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 and a recipient of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit

Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit

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. He was the son of Russia

Russia

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n immigrants.

He was a founder of the CBPF - Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas

Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas

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(Brazilian Center of Physics Research) and one responsible for the creation of the SBF - Sociedade Brasileira de Física (Brazilian Physics Society).

Selected bibliography

J. A. Wheeler and J. Tiomno, "Energy spectrum of electrons from meson decay," Reviews of Modern Physics 21, 144-152 (1949).

J. A. Wheeler and J. Tiomno, "Charge-exchange reaction of the μ-meson with the nucleus," Reviews of Modern Physics 21, 153-165 (1949).

C. N. Yang and J. Tiomno, "Reflection properties of spin 1/2 fields and a universal Fermi-type interaction," Physical Review 79, 495-498 (1950).

J. Tiomno, "Non conservation of parity and the Universal Fermi Interaction," Il Nuovo Cimento 6, 912-916 (1957).

J. Tiomno, A. L. L. Videira and N. Zagury, "Possible existence of a new (K') meson," Physical Review Letters 6, 120-123 (1961).

M. J. Reboucas and J. Tiomno, Homogeneity of Riemannian space-times of Gödel type. Physical Review D, vol. 28, p. 1251-1264 (1983).

M. J. Reboucas and J. Tiomno, A class of homogeneous Gödel type models. Il Nuovo Cimento B, vol.90, p. 204-210,1985 (1985).

I. Soares, M. Galvão and J. Tiomno, "Geodesics in Gödel-type space-times," General Relative and Gravitation 22, 683-705 (1990).

B. Figueiredo, I. D. Soares and J. Tiomno, "Gravitational coupling of Klein-Gordon and Dirac particles to matter vorticity and space-time torsion," Classical and Quantum Gravity 9, 1593-1617 (1992).

External links

• Jayme Tiomno Biography. Brazilian Academy of Sciences.