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Sulla componente nucleonica della radiazione cosmica alle medie energie

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1943-1954)

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Si studia lo sviluppo della componente nucleonica dell’aria partendo dall’ipotesi che essa sia generata e in parte costitutita dai nucleoni primari che interagiscono coi nuclei dell’aria. Si ammette che le sezioni d’urto differenziali sia per la perdita di energia dei nucleoni urtanti che per la espulsione dei nucleoni secondari dal nucleo urtato siano del tipo di Bremsstrahlung. Si tiene conto della perdita di energia per frenamento in materia nucleare e della perdita di energia per ionizzazione per i nucleoni che si trovano nello stato di protone. Basandosi sulla probabilità che un nucleone abbia trascorso una certa parte del suo percorso come protone ovvero come neutrone si esegue la separazione tra le componenti protonica e neutronica. Si discutono i limiti di validità dei calcoli e si confrontano i risultati coi dati dell’esperienza.

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The authors discuss the development of the nucleonic component of cosmic rays in air. It is assumed that it is generated by, and still partly composed of, the primary nucleons which interact with the nucleons of the air, and that the differential cross section both for the energy loss of nucleons and for the expulsion of the secondary nucleons from the air nuclei, is of the bremsstrahlung type. Account is taken of the energy loss caused by slowing down in nuclear matter, and for energy loss caused by ionisation produced by nucleons which are in proton state. Taking into account this loss of energy and the probability that a nucleon has travelled a certain part of its path as a proton and the rest as a neutron, a calculation is made to ascertain the ratio of protonic and nucleonic components. The limits of validity of the method are discussed and the results are compared with the experimental data.

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Budini, P., Dallaporta, N. Sulla componente nucleonica della radiazione cosmica alle medie energie. Nuovo Cim 7, 230–254 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02781876

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