Open AccessThe production of penetrating showers
Author(s) -
L. Jánossy,
G. D. Rochester
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london a mathematical and physical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.814
H-Index - 135
eISSN - 2053-9169
pISSN - 0080-4630
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1943.0030
Subject(s) - ionizing radiation , cosmic ray , radiation , photon , physics , neutron , irradiation , nuclear physics , optics
It is shown that about one-third, of the radiation producing penetrating showers is non-ionizing and more penetrating than photons. The total intensity of this non-ionizing radiation (named N-radiation) is found to be about 0-001 % of the full cosmic radiation near sea-level. The N-radiation is possibly the energetic part of the penetrating non-ionizing component of cosmic radiation. It is suggested that this radiation consists of neutrons.
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