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An Attempt to Measure the Latitude Effect of Extensive Cosmic-Ray Showers

H. Victor Neher and William H. Pickering

  • Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

Phys. Rev. 58, 665 – Published 15 October, 1940

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.58.665

Abstract

Measurements of large cosmic-ray shower intensities have been made on the Pacific Ocean. Because of the statistical fluctuations of the experimental results, no positive conclusions regarding the latitude effect for these showers can be reached.

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  1. Auger, Maze, Ehrenfest and Freon, J. de phys. et rad. 10, 39 (1939)
  2. H. V. Neher and W. H. Pickering, Phys. Rev. 53, 111 (1938)

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