Passage of Fast Electrons through Matter

HEITLER, H.J.BHABHA and W.

doi:10.1038/138401a0

Passage of Fast Electrons through Matter

H.J.BHABHA and W. HEITLER

1936

Published in:

Nature 138 (1936) 401

DOI:

10.1038/138401a0

reference search2 citations

Citations per year

Abstract:

WHEN a fast electron passes through matter, it loses its energy mainly by emission of a few large quanta of radiation (Bremsstrahlung). The radiation quanta are absorbed again, the absorption being due mainly to the creation of pairs. Thus, in a thick sheet of matter, a fast primary electron produces quite a number of secondary positive and negative electrons, which appear as a small shower giving rise to triple coincidences, etc.

Note:

Submitted to Nature volume 138, page 401 (1936)

References(0)

Figures(0)

0 References