XV. Some features of nuclear disintegrations caused by cosmic rays
- 1 February 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Computers in Education
- Vol. 43 (337) , 190-200
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786440208561087
Abstract
Cosmic ray stars in light and heavy elements have been investigated by the photographic plate method. The angular distribution of the particles from stars in heavy elements is shown to be isotropic, while that of those from light elements is not. Possible explanations of this are discussed. The numbers of stars with various numbers of alpha particles and protons are shown to be in accordance with a random distribution. This indicates that the emission of one charged particle has no influence on the nature of a subsequent charged particle. The emission of excited beryllium eight nuclei is also investigated and their frequency found to agree with the evaporation theory.Keywords
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