FURTHER MEASUREMENTS OF THE SIZE-SPECTRUM OF EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS,

Abstract

Measurements on the size-spectrum of extensive air showers were made over a period of about one year to include approximately 100,000 events. It is found that errors of about 5% in determining the number of particles traversing the scintillator make it impossible to observe time variations of less than 8%. Briefly, the method employed consists in finding the integral spectrum of the pulse-size distribution occurring in a large liquid scintillator.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 20, 1961
Accession Number
AD0613501

Entities

People

  • J. R. Barcus
  • J. R. Green

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Integrals
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Particles
  • Scintillation Counters
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Systems Analysis and Design