ON THE NUMBER OF PARTICLES SPECTRUM OF EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1958 · Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02962600· OSTI ID:4256823

Hristiansen, G B; Kulikov, G V

Up to the present, mainly measurements of density spectra of exiensive air showers were carried out. The number-of-particles spectrum of showers was obtained by recalculation from the obtained density spectrum. This method has serious disadvantages. In this investigation a direct study was made of the number-ofparticles spectrum of showers. The measurements were carried out by means of the method of correlated hodoscopes. Using the hodoscope installation, it was possible to determine the position of the axis and the number of particles in showers with a total number from 2 x 10/sup 4/ to 2 x lO/sup 6/. The hodoscope system made it possible to determine the number of triggered counters in different groups of counters during the recording of each shower. Knowing the distribution of the counters that trigger in the plane of observation, it is possible, under certain assumptions, to find the number of particles and the coordinates of the axis in the plane of observation. (A.C.)

• Research Organization: Moscow State Univ., Moscow
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-13-008042
• OSTI ID: 4256823
• Journal Information: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B, Journal Name: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B Vol. Vol: (10) 8, Suppl. No. 2; ISSN NUCIA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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AIR
COINCIDENCE METHODS
COSMIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
MEASURED VALUES
PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS
QUANTITY RATIO
RECORDING SYSTEMS
SCATTERING
SHOWERS
SPECTRA