MOUNTAIN-ALTITUDE STUDIES OF THE INTERACTION OF HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLES WITH ATOMIC NUCLEI
An arrangement consisting of 6 trays of ionization chambers situated under a combination filter of graphite and Pb was used to study large ionization bursts at 3200 m above sea level. The exponent of the spectrum of bursts due to single nuclear active particles was found to be 1.98 plus or minus 0.09, and for the burst spectrum due to mu mesons the exponent was 2.22 plus or minus 0.14. Results of a study of the form of the ionization-burst spectrum as a function of the dimensions of the recording apparatus are tabulated. The burst spectrum measured by separate chambers is compared with the energy spectrum of nuclear active particles measured by an ionization calorimeter. The character of energy transfer to pi /sup 0/ mesons in the bursts is analyzed. (A.G.W.)
- Research Organization:
- Lebedev Inst. of Physics, Moscow
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-013098
- OSTI ID:
- 4739095
- Journal Information:
- J. Phys. Soc. Japan, Journal Name: J. Phys. Soc. Japan Vol. Vol: 17: Suppl. A-III
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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