Date of Award
Summer 1957
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Barkow, A. G.
Second Advisor
Freirich, L. W.
Third Advisor
Greene, J. B.
Abstract
Four nuclear events were found in cosmic ray emulsion exposed at San Angelos, Texas, where the breakup of the primary is accompanied by a slow pion. They were systematically studied in order to understand the nature of the slow pion emission in the high energy breakup. Three of them can be represented as single nucleon-nucleon collision with the emission of a single slow pion. The fourth event accompanied by three slow pions appears to be due to the secondary inelastic scattering of high energy pions inside the heavy nucleus. In discussions with Professor Marcel Schein of the Physics Department at the University of Chicago, it was suggested that a study of these events may prove of value in determining the nature of nuclear excitation of the heavy nuclei due to collision with a single nucleon.
Recommended Citation
Chamany, Bonifilis F., "Slow Mesons Accompanying High Energy Breakups" (1957). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 2235.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/2235