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Determination of the electric charge of a high-charged nucleus of the primary cosmic rays with nuclear emulsions

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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A new method is described and discussed for the study of the heavy primary component of the cosmic radiation. It allows to determine the chargeZ in nuclear emulsions, with a standard error of less than one unit. One relativistic nucleus with aZ as large as 30 was found.

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Si descrive e si discute un nuovo metodo per lo studio della componente primaria pesante della radiazione cosmica. Permette di determinare la caricaZ, nelle emulsioni nucleari, con un errore standard inferiore ad una unità. Si è trovato un nucleo relativistico conZ=30.

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  1. Centro de Radiación Cósmica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago

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This work was done in a nuclear emulsion stack which forms part of a group of cosmic ray researches supported in part by a joint program of the Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and by the National Science Foundation. This stack was turned over to this laboratory by the Department of Physics of the University of Chicago in order to continue this type of research in the University of Chile.

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Alvial, G. Determination of the electric charge of a high-charged nucleus of the primary cosmic rays with nuclear emulsions. Nuovo Cim 19 (Suppl 1), 18–23 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02819676

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