INVESTIGATIONS OF EXTENSIVE COSMIC-RAY AIR SHOWERS

Journal Article · Mon Feb 10 23:00:00 EST 1958 · Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R.

OSTI ID:4334408

Dovzhenko, O; Zatsepin, V; Murzina, E; Nickol'skii, S; Rakobol'skaya, I; Tukish, E

Measurements were made to determine the energy characteristics of extensive cosmic showers at 3860 m above sea level. About 4 x 10/sup 4/ wide showers induced by 2 x 10/sup 15/ to 10/sup 16/ primary particles were recorded. The air shower cores with the number of particles >10/sup 5/ have, as a rule, more complicated structures than the showers with the number of particles < 10/ sup 5/. Several nuclear-active particles of comparable energy were found in the showers of number > 10/sup 5/ particles, and no single particle released by the energy common to the showers with <10/sup 5/ particles was observed in it. (R.V.J.)

• Research Organization: Lebedev Inst. of Physics, Academy of Sciences, USSR
• NSA Number: NSA-12-010711
• OSTI ID: 4334408
• Journal Information: Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Journal Name: Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. Vol. Vol: 118
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: Russian

Related Subjects

ATMOSPHERE
COSMIC RADIATION
COSMIC SHOWERS
ENERGY RANGE
EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS
LATERAL DISTRIBUTION
LEVELS
MEASURED VALUES
NUCLEONS
PHYSICS
PIONS
PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION
SCATTERING