Summary
High energy meson showers, produced by cosmic ray particles and detected in nuclear emulsions, may not only possess a definite angular distribution but also be rotationally asymmetric. A method is proposed by which such an asymmetry might be detected, and a way of obtaining its extent — if it exists — is also developed.
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Gli sciami di mesoni di alta energia, prodotti da particelle della radiazione cosmica e rivelati in emulsioni nucleari, non solo possono possedere una distribuzione angolare definita ma anche essere rotazionalmente asimmetrici. Si propone un metodo per rivelare una tale asimmetria, e si sviluppa pure un metodo per determinarne la grandezza se essa esiste.
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Stern, D.P. Azimuthal asymmetry in high energy interactions. Nuovo Cim 16 (Suppl 2), 251–255 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02833804
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