Ratio of Neutral to Charged Particles in the Nuclear Interacting Component of Cosmic Rays
- 1 June 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 90 (5) , 915-920
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.90.915
Abstract
The ratio of neutral to charged primaries of nuclear interactions having a median primary energy around ev has been measured at 3250-m elevation, the result being . This value indicates a high degree of elasticity in the nuclear collisions from which nucleons of -ev emerge.
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