ON THE ABSENCE OF PHOTONS AMONG THE DECAY PRODUCTS OF THE 2.2 MICROSECOND MESON
作者:
E. P. Hincks,
B. Pontecorvo,
期刊:
Canadian Journal of Research
(NRC Available online 1950)
卷期:
Volume 28a,
issue 1
页码: 29-43
ISSN:1923-4287
年代: 1950
DOI:10.1139/cjr50a-002
出版商: NRC Research Press
数据来源: NRC
摘要:
An experiment is described which tests the hypothesis that the cosmic ray meson with a mean life of 2.2 μsec. decays into an electron and a photon. Geiger counter trays are used to select mesons incident on a graphite block, and to detect decay products emerging from the graphite. The electronic circuits record delayed coincidences that correspond to a decay event occurring between 0.6 and 5.3 μsec. after a meson is stopped. The absence of delayed coincidences of a type that could be attributed to the simultaneous emission of an electron and a photon, each of ~ 50 Mev., shows that the above hypothesis of the meson decay process is incorrect. The experiment also demonstrates the absence of a hypothetical unstable neutral meson among the decay products.
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