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Production directe de paires d’électrons par les électrons de grande énergie. modèle de formation de la trace initiale des paires d’électrons. elimination des faux tridents

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We have measured the mean free path for direct électron pair production by electrons in the energy region : 2 to 8 GeV, 8 to 32 GeV, 32 to 150 GeV. The obtained values are less than those foreseen by Bhabha’s theory. The desagreement is not imputable to energy under-estimations. We describe a three dimensional model of track formation in nuclear emulsion which accounts for the ionization variation observed at the beginning of electron pairs of more than ten GeV. This indicates that our energy determinations using methods described in a previous paper, are correct: while energies evaluated on the basis of dipole effect theory can be overestimated by 100 times. The number of unresolvabie « bremsstrahlung » pairs produced on the track of an electron of known path and energy has been calculated. Errors inherent to Koshiba and Kaplon’s method are thus eliminated.

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Abbiamo misurato negli intervalli d’energia 2/8 GeV, 8/32 GeV, 32/150 GeV il cammino libero medio per la produzione diretta di coppie di elettroni da parte di elettroni. I valori ottenuti sono inferiori a quelli previsti dalla teoria di Bhabha. Il disaccordo non è imputabile a sottovalutazioni dell’energia. Descriviamo un modello tridimensionale per la formazione delle tracce nelle emulsioni nucleari che rende ragione della variazione di ionizzazione osservata all’inizio delle tracce di coppie di elettroni di oltre 10 GeV. Ciò indica che le nostre determinazioni dell’energia fatte applicando metodi descritti in un precedente lavoro sono corrette, mentre le energie calcolate in base alla teoria dell’effetto di dipolo possono essere in eccesso fino a 100 volte. Il numero delle coppie di bremsstrahlung non risolvibili prodotte sulla traccia di un elettrone di traccia ed energie note è stato calcolato. Risultano così eliminati gli errori insiti nel metodo di Koshiba e Kaplon.

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Weill, R., Gailloud, M. & Rosselet, P. Production directe de paires d’électrons par les électrons de grande énergie. modèle de formation de la trace initiale des paires d’électrons. elimination des faux tridents. Nuovo Cim 6, 1430–1444 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02785496

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