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Evidence for a Stellar Origin of the Cosmic Ultra-penetrating Radiation

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WHILE in former years all observers were agreed that the sun does not contribute any noticeable amount to the total intensity of the cosmic ultraradiation, the increase in the sensitivity of the apparatus used within recent years, and the increase in the number of observations made at different stations and under different experimental conditions, makes it possible to investigate once more whether the influence of the sun is altogether negligible.

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  1. Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Graz, Austria

    VICTOR F. HESS

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HESS, V. Evidence for a Stellar Origin of the Cosmic Ultra-penetrating Radiation. Nature 127, 10–11 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127010b0

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