A Cloud Chamber Study of Penetrating Showers in Aluminum, Copper and Lead

Author

James Francis Kenney

Publication Date

6-4-1957

Abstract

In recent years, much work has been done in the investigation of high-energy nuclear collisions in various materials. The purpose of these investigations is to gain a better understanding of nucleon-meson-nucleon interactions at high energies. Laboratory accelerating devices are capable at the present time of attaining energies which are still very low in comparison to the upper limit of the cosmic radiation energy spectrum. As a result, these investigations are best carried out by using the very hard component of the cosmic radition as the primary particle of the collision.

Degree Name

Physics

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Physics & Astronomy

First Committee Member (Chair)

John Root Green

Second Committee Member

Darol Kenneth Froman

Third Committee Member

Victor H. Regener

Fourth Committee Member

Roy Thomas

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Recommended Citation

Kenney, James Francis. "A Cloud Chamber Study of Penetrating Showers in Aluminum, Copper and Lead." (1957). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/phyc_etds/195