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Further measurements on charged V-events

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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The decays of 150 charged V-particles from lead and copper have been observed in a magnetic cloud chamber. Among the slow charged V-events, which are all interpreted as K-mesons, the proportions of the different decay modes are in good agreement with the results given by nuclear emulsions. Our own evidence agrees with that of other experiments which suggests that an appreciable fraction of the charged V-events with high energy (> 1 GeV) are due to the decays of hyperons. Data on the positive to negative ratio of slow K-mesons are discussed and a partial explanation in terms of the energy dependence of the production cross-section is suggested. Among the 150 events, 3 are most easily interpreted as the decays of Kß-mesons and 1 as the decay of a gS+-particle. In addition 10 events are interpreted as the decays of τ-mesons, of which 1 is negative.

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Si riportano i dati su 150 V cariche, generate in piombo e rame, osservate in camera a nebbia con campo magnetico. Le V cariche di bassa energia, interpretate tutte come mesoni K, mostrano una ripartizione nei differenti modi di decadimento che si accorda bene con i risultati forniti dalle osservazioni in emulsioni nucleari. Sono state trovate indicazioni di decadimenti iperonici nelle V cariche di alta energia (> 1 GeV) ed in quelle prodotte in rame. Si discute il rapporto tra il numero di K negativi e quello dei K positivi di bassa energia; viene suggerita una interpretazione in funzione di una dipendenza dall’energia della sezione d’urto per produzione. L’interpretazione piu probabile di 3 dei 150 eventi è quella di mesoni Kß, mentre altri 10 eventi sono interpretabili come decadimenti di mesoni τ, di cui uno negativo.

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On leave of absence during part of the work from the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Eio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Cooper, W.A., Filthuth, H., Newth, J.A. et al. Further measurements on charged V-events. Nuovo Cim 4, 390–409 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02745456

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