Nucleation of-from thePhase: A Cosmic-Ray Effect?
- 10 September 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 53 (11) , 1096-1099
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.53.1096
Abstract
It is proposed that the nucleation of the phase of liquid from the metastable phase is a consequence of the passage of a cosmic ray through the cell and the resultant anomaly in the effective temperature distribution in the liquid.
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