Origin of the Soft Component of Cosmic Rays
Abstract
The number of electrons arising from the decay of mesotrons has been calculated with the multiplication theory. A comparison with experimental data indicates the existence of an electron component having a sharper maximum in the vertical direction and increasing with altitude more rapidly than the decay electrons.
- Publication:
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Physical Review
- Pub Date:
- February 1942
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRev.61.121
- Bibcode:
- 1942PhRv...61..121R