Investigations on the multiply charged nuclei of the primary cosmic radiation near the geomagnetic equator using nuclear emulsions

1965 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 374-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. D. Badhwar ◽  
N. Durgaprasad ◽  
B. Vijayalakshmi
1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1121-1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Judek ◽  
I. J. van Heerden

The charge spectrum of relativistic heavy nuclei in the primary cosmic radiation has been investigated in a stack of nuclear emulsions exposed over Texas at a ceiling height of 136 000 ft. Charges of 601 primary and of 203 fast secondary nuclei arising from fragmentations have been determined. Using a "range" criterion to count δ rays, charge resolutions up to Z = 15 have been obtained.All of the tracks have been followed through the stack and the interaction mean free paths in emulsion and the fragmentation probabilities evaluated for individual elements up to Z = 15. Using these probabilities, the relative abundances at the top of the atmosphere were 12.7 ± 1.3% L nuclei [Formula: see text], 63.5 ± 3.5% M nuclei [Formula: see text], 13.6 ± 1.6% H3 nuclei [Formula: see text], 1.7 ± 0.5% H2 nuclei [Formula: see text], and 8.5 ± 1.4% H1 nuclei [Formula: see text]. It was found that the interaction mean free paths in emulsion of the M and H nuclei were about 10% lower than previous experimental and calculated values. The fragmentation probabilities were generally in agreement with previous determinations, except for a significantly high value for the fragmentation of H1 to L nuclei.


1966 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 1771 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. Balasubrahmanyan ◽  
D. E. Hagge ◽  
G. H. Ludwig ◽  
F. B. McDonald

2017 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 03003
Author(s):  
Victor Pavlyuchenko ◽  
Romen Martirosov ◽  
Natalia Nikolskaya ◽  
Anatoly Erlykin

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