Summary
An analysis is carried out of the extent to which primary interactions can be investigated using data obtained from cosmic-ray μ-mesons. The analytic dependence of the μ-meson flux at various depths and energies is developed and computations about the energy distribution of pions in primary interactions are carried out. The results agree with a power law lab-system energy distribution.
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Si esamina fino a qual punto le interazioni primarie possono essere studiate usando i dati ottenuti dai mesoni μ dei raggi cosmici. Si sviluppa la dipendenza analitica del flusso dei mesoni μ a varie profondità ed energie e si eseguono calcoli sulla distribuzione dell’energia dei pioni nelle interazioni primarie. I risultati si accordano con una distribuzione dell’energia nel sistema del laboratorio secondo una legge esponenziale.
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Stern, D. On the interpretation of cosmic ray μ-meson data. Nuovo Cim 18 (Suppl 1), 1–8 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02726032
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