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Tachyons in X-ray films deep under the lead and soil

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The study of double extensive air showers (EAS) with Ne ≥ 5 · 106 particles separated in time by intervals of the order of 100 ns showed (JETP Lett. 85, 101 (2007)) that to explain the origin of “delayed” showers as a result of formation in the first interaction of heavy particles, the mass of such particles must reach 5 · 105 GeV. Such an explanation seems improbable. That is why it was assumed that advanced showers can be generated by tachyons. In this connection we decided to return to the analysis of our unpublished data on the anomalous events in X-ray films deep under the lead and soil. These events, we believe, can also be explained by the tachyon hypothesis.

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  1. V. I. Yakovlev
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  2. M. D. Smirnova
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Yakovlev, M.D. Smirnova, 2008, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2008, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 48–53.

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Yakovlev, V.I., Smirnova, M.D. Tachyons in X-ray films deep under the lead and soil. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 35, 63–66 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335608020061

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