Black and white photographic print, showing a nuclear explosion due to cosmic rays, yielding three highly-ionising particles together with an electron

Made:
1936 in Europe
maker:
Unknown
Black and white photographic print from a negative

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Black and white photographic print from a negative
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Black and white photographic print from a negative, from a negative by Pierre Auger and Paul Ehrenfest at the International Foundation High Alpine Research Station Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, and display label, mounted on passe partout board minus frame, showing a nuclear explosion due to cosmic rays, yielding three highly-ionising particles together with an electron, unsigned, Europe, 1936

Details

Category:
Nuclear Physics
Object Number:
1937-215
Materials:
paper (fibre product) and cardboard
Measurements:
overall: 10 mm x 240 mm x 310 mm, 0.1 kg
type:
black-and-white print - photograph and label
credit:
Auger, P.