Black and white photographic print showing the passage of a positron through a 0.35 cm. lead plate

Made:
1935-1937 in Pasadena
maker:
Carl David Anderson, Neddermeyer, Seth H and California Institute of Technology
Black and white photographic print showing the passage of a

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Black and white photographic print showing the passage of a
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Black and white photographic print showing the passage of a positron through a 0.35 cm. lead plate, with the production of two further tracks below the plate, taken on Pike's Peak, by Carl David Anderson and Seth H. Neddermeyer, at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States, 1935-1937

Details

Category:
Nuclear Physics
Object Number:
1937-237
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 1 mm x 127 mm x 100 mm, >0.01 kg
type:
black-and-white print - photograph and stereograph
credit:
Anderson, C.D.

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