Investigations of bremsstrahlung of electrons in the energy interval 10{sup 11} - 10{sup 12} eV. Report No. 39/VI

Technical Report · Sat Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4291985

Benisz, J.; Chylinski, Z.; Wolter, W.

Four high-energy (~ 10{sup 12} ev) electron-photon cascades have been investigated at the first stage of their development. The number and the energy of the electron pairs of the first generation produced on the first radiation length were estimated and compared with the theoretical values calculated on the basis of the theory of Bethe and Heitler. On the other hand the same was calculated according to theories of Landau, Pomeranchuk, and Ter-Mikaelyan which take into account the influence of medium on the bremsstrahlung of electrons of very high energy. The experimental results are in better agreement with the predictions of Landau, Pomeranchuk, and Ter-Mikaelyan than with that of Bethe and Heitier. This fact confirms earlier results. (auth)

• Research Organization: Polish Academy of Sciences. Warsaw (Poland). Inst. of Nuclear Research
• NSA Number: NSA-13-003106
• OSTI ID: 4291985
• Report Number(s): NP-7072
• Country of Publication: Poland
• Language: English

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BETHE-HEITLER THEORY
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
CASCADE SHOWERS
COSMIC RADIATION
ELECTRONS
ENERGY
ENERGY RANGE
GAMMA RADIATION
LANDAU FLUCTUATIONS
MEASURED VALUES
NUMERICALS
PAIR PRODUCTION
PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS
POMERANCHUK PARTICLES
POMERANCHUK THEOREMS
SCATTERING