The transformations of cosmic radiation in matter

✍ Scribed by J. Clay; P.H. Clay

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1935
• Weight: 274 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0031-8914
• DOI: 10.1016/s0031-8914(35)90127-6

✦ Synopsis

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s e c u n d a r y particles, p r o d u c e d in t h e piece of lead and t h e p r i m a r i e s incident, no correlation was found, hence t h e showerp r o d u c i n g r a d i a t i o n s m u s t be of a p h o t o n character. F o r the a b s o r p t i o n -co6fficient of t h e final c o r p u s c u l a r r a d i a t i o n 4 cm--1 P b was obtained. T h e r e are p r o b a b l y t w o p h o t o n r a d i a t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e p r i m a r y c o r p u s c u l a r and t h e final c o r p u s c u l a r radiation. 1) J. Clay, 1.c.,p. 111. 2) E. Fiinfer, 1.c.,p. 92.