CLOUD CHAMBER INVESTIGATION OF THE ELECTRON-PHOTON COMPONENT OF EXTENSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SHOWERS NEAR THE AXIS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 3860 m ABOVE SEA LEVEL

Journal Article · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1958 · Zhur. Eksptl'. i Teoret. Fiz.

OSTI ID:4344825

Danilova, T V; Dovzhenko, O I; Nikol'skii, S I; Rakobolskaya, I V

Energy spectra of the electron-photon component of extensive air showers were investigated at an altitude of 3860 m and at various distances from the axis. Showers with N plus or minus 1.5 x 10/sup 5/ were recorded. The fraction of high energy electrons and photons recorded experimentally was appreciably smaller than that computed from cascade theory, especially at small distances from the axis. At larger distances from the axis a better agreement between theory and experiment was obtained. The spatial distribution of the energy carried by the electron-photon shower component can be approximated by the law r/sup -n/, where n = 1.5 plus or minus 0.3 for distances from the shower axis 1 to 9 m and for showers with N = 2 x 10/sup 5/. (tr-auth)

• Research Organization: Lebedev Inst. of Physics, Academy of Sciences, USSR
• NSA Number: NSA-12-009894
• OSTI ID: 4344825
• Journal Information: Zhur. Eksptl'. i Teoret. Fiz., Journal Name: Zhur. Eksptl'. i Teoret. Fiz. Vol. Vol: 34
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: Russian

Related Subjects

ATMOSPHERE
CASCADE THEORY
CLOUD CHAMBERS
COSMIC RADIATION
DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRONS
ENERGY
ENERGY RANGE
EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS
LATERAL DISTRIBUTION
LEVELS
MEASURED VALUES
PARTICLE TRACKS
PHOTONS
PHYSICS
SCATTERING