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THE ENERGY LOSS OF SINGLY CHARGED HEAVY RELATIVISTIC PARTICLES IN AN ORGANIC MATERIAL

Journal Article · · Proc. Phys. Soc. (London)
An experiment is described in which a large area plastic scintillation counter is used to measure the energy loss of relativistic mu -mesons. The results, which are not dependent on the method used to fit the data to the Landau distribution, show that the increase in the most probable energy loss is less than 1% for mesons of energies between 500 and at least 10,000 Mev. This conclusion is consistent with the Sternheimer density correction to the ionization loss. (auth)
Research Organization:
University Coll. Hospital Medical School, London and Northern Polytechnic, London
NSA Number:
NSA-15-025412
OSTI ID:
4016932
Journal Information:
Proc. Phys. Soc. (London), Journal Name: Proc. Phys. Soc. (London) Vol. Vol: 77
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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