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Spurious scattering in nuclear emulsions

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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Spurious scattering has been determined in two emulsion stacks, one exposed to 4.2 GeV π-mesons from the Berkeley Bevatron and the other to cosmic rays at sea-level. In both stacks the mean modulus of the second differences of spurious scattering (\(\bar d\)) varies with cell-length (t) as\(\bar d = at^b \) whereb is approximately equal to unity and the constanta is different in the two stacks. In the first stack the spurious scattering is relatively small, and reliable measurements of have been made at 4.3 GeV/c. In the second stack, spurious scattering is larger than in the π-meson stack and uncorrected measurements of are reliable only up to about 2.5 GeV/c. The apparent value of corresponding to the spurious scattering in this stack is about 5 GeV/c. The error on the value of determined in the presence of spurious scattering is given.

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In due pacchi di emulsioni, uno esposto ai mesoni π di 4.2 GeV del bevatrone di Berkeley e l’altro ai raggi cosmici al livello del mare, si è determinato lo scattering spurio. Nei due pacchi il modulo medio delle differenze seconde dello scattering spurio (\(\bar d\)) varia con la lunghezza della cella (t) come\(\bar d = a^b t\), doveb è circa uguale all’unità e la costantea è differente pei due pacchi. Nel primo pacco lo scattering spurio è relativamente piccolo e misure attendibili di sono state eseguite a 4.3 GeV/c. Nel secondo pacco lo scattering spurio è maggiore che nel pacco esposto ai mesoni π e misure non corrette di sono attendibili solo fino a circa 2.5 GeV/c. Il valore apparente di corrispondente allo scattering spurio in questo pacco è circa 5 GeV/c. Si dà l’errore nel valore di determinato in presenza di scattering spurio.

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Communicated by ProfessorG. D. Rochester.

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Apostolakis, A.J., Clarke, J.O. & Major, J.V. Spurious scattering in nuclear emulsions. Nuovo Cim 5, 337–346 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02855243

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