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Disintegration Processes by Cosmic Rays in Plates impregnated with Samarium

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Blau and Wambacher1 have recently described experiments in which it appears that a novel type of disintegration may be provoked by cosmic radiation. ‘Stars’ of tracks due to heavy particles were found in plates which had been exposed for some months at a high altitude. For two years we have been conducting experiments of the same type. We find stars of a similar kind, but there are important differences between our results and those of the Vienna workers, which are indicated below.

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TAYLOR, H., FRASER, D. & DABHOLKAR, V. Disintegration Processes by Cosmic Rays in Plates impregnated with Samarium. Nature 141, 472–473 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141472c0

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