ANALYSIS OF THE HARD COMPONENT OF THE COSMIC RADIATION INTO ITS PROTONIC AND MESONIC COMPONENTS AT 3.4 KILOMETERS AND AT SEA LEVEL

1953 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Henderson ◽  
C. E. Miller ◽  
D. S. Potter ◽  
Jr Todd ◽  
J.
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Cosmic Radiation ◽  
Hard Component

scholarly journals The Diurnal Variation of the Barometer Coefficient for Cosmic Rays at Hobart

1956 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 505
Author(s):  
RM Jacklyn
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Diurnal Variation ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Cosmic Radiation ◽  
Diurnal Variations ◽  
Hard Component ◽  
Secular Changes ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Counter Telescope

The records from a vertical counter telescope measuring the hard component of cosmic radiation at sea-level have disclosed significant diurnal variations of the barometer coefficient at Hobart, Tas. The amplitude of the variation is about 5 per cent., and there are secular changes of the same order during the mean day.

An upper limit to the existence of charges (2/3)e in the cosmic radiation at 500 m above sea level

1965 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 589-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Massam ◽  
Th. Muller ◽  
A. Zichichi
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Cosmic Radiation ◽  
Upper Limit

Geomagnetic effects of the μ meson component of cosmic radiation at sea level

1954 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 490-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. F. Quercia ◽  
B. Rispoli
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Cosmic Radiation

scholarly journals On the nuclear forces and the magnetic moments of the neutron and the proton

1938 ◽  
Vol 166 (924) ◽  
pp. 154-177 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Radiation ◽  
Decay Constant ◽  
Magnetic Moments ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Approximate Theory ◽  
Nuclear Forces ◽  
Hard Component ◽  
Heavy Particles ◽  
Upper Limit

It was first suggested by Heisenberg that the forces between a proton and a neutron are connected with an exchange of charge between the two heavy particles. This exchange nature of the neutron-proton forces is now generally accepted. It would follow from this assumption that in suitable circumstances a proton (neutron) could emit a positively (negatively) charged particle transforming itself into a neutron (proton). At first sight it seemed that the emission of positive or negative electrons in the β -decay could in this way be made responsible for the nuclear forces. This was, in fact, suggested by Iwanenko (1934) and Tamm (1934). It has also been pointed out by Wick (1935) that the virtual emission of β -electrons might explain the values of the magnetic moments of the proton and the neutron. These theories, however, were not successful. The nuclear forces, for instance, turn out to be too small by a factor of more than 10 10 and have far too small a range; this is due to the fact that the β -decay constant is extremely small. Since the β -decay is a process which, in nuclear dimensions, takes “geological ages”, one might think that the ordinary properties of the heavy particles have no direct connexion with this process and that an approximate theory of the nuclear forces should be possible without the inclusion of the β -decay. A new hope for such an “exchange theory” of the properties of nuclei is offered by the probable existence of a hitherto unknown type of particle constituting the hard component of cosmic radiation. Since these particles do not lose much energy by radiation, it has been suggested by Neddermeyer and Anderson (1937) that they are (positive and negative) “heavy electrons” with a mass between that of an electron and a proton. From cosmic-ray data the mass of these particles can hardly be determined yet, but it can be limited to values between 3 and 300 electron masses. There are, however, some arguments favouring a mass nearer to the upper limit of 100-200 electron masses.

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