THE HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON COMPONENT OF THE COSMIC RADIATION.

Abstract

A composite stack of nuclear emulsions and lead sheets mounted in a spark chamber array triggered by scintillator and gas Cherenkov counters was flown to look for energetic electrons with E 6 or = 10 GeV. A considerable number of particles detected by the primary electrons have been traced into the nuclear emulsions and identified as not being electrons but particles making nuclear interactions. The number of identified electrons found corresponds to an intensity of electrons with E > 10 GeV of 0.08 +0.06 or -0.04 electrons /(meter squared) sr. sec. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0694463

Entities

People

  • Cecil Jake Waddington
  • P. S. Freier
  • T. M. K. Marar

Organizations

  • University of Minnesota

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chambers
  • Composite Materials
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Counters
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Emulsions
  • Energy
  • Fermions
  • High Energy
  • Intensity
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Particles
  • Radiation
  • Spark Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics