DELINEATION OF TRACKS OF HEAVY COSMIC RAYS AND NUCLEAR PROCESSES WITHIN LARGE CRYSTALS OF SILVER CHLORIDE

Abstract

Tracks of energetic charged particles, such as heavy primary cosmic rays and the products of nuclear collisions, were made visible within the interior of large, transparent crystals of silver chloride. The tracks are delineated by photoelectric formation of metallic silver along them. This technique may be useful as a convenient and distortion-free method for the study of heavy primaries and fission fragments. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0278672

Entities

People

  • Charles B. Childs
  • Lawrence M. Slifkin

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Chlorides
  • Collisions
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Distortion
  • Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Solar Physics