Pais-Piccioni Experiment

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Abstract
Two experiments to check the Gellmann-Pais "particle mixture" suggestion are analyzed, by using a detailed, if crude, phenomenological description. A cloud-chamber experiment of the type proposed by Pais and Piccioni is compared to an experiment using a liquid-xenon bubble chamber. It is found that for likely values of the parameters involved, both experiments are considerably more difficult than envisaged by Pais and Piccioni. For intensity reasons, the bubble-chamber experiment seems preferable. However, if accidentally the relevant cross sections have rather special values, experiments of this type would be particularly easy.

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