An Approximate Method of Determining the High-Velocity Limits of Continuous β-ray Spectra
- 1 July 1929
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
- Vol. 25 (3) , 331-339
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305004100014067
Abstract
A method of obtaining approximately the high-velocity limits of continuous β-ray spectra by electroscope measurements is established and used for the β-ray bodies of thorium active deposit.The absence of thorium C γ-rays is confirmed and leads to some interesting results.The work was carried out in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Thanks and gratitude are due to Professor Sir Ernest Rutherford, P.R.S., for his interest in the problem; to Dr C. D. Ellis, F.R.S., who suggested the problem, for continual help and advice; to Mr G. A. R. Crowe for help in preparation of the sources; and to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for a Grant during the time the work was being carried out.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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