cloud chamber photograph of meson
Cloud chamber photograph showing Anderson and Neddermeyer's discovery of the mu-meson, 1936 (see notes). (Initially thought to be a candidate for Hideki Yukawa's proposed meson, it is now called the muon and is classed as a lepton rather than a meson).
Details
- Category:
- Nuclear Physics
- Object Number:
- 1952-260
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product) and cardboard
- Measurements:
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overall: 315 mm x 170 mm x 3 mm, 0.08 kg
print: 105 mm x 130 mm
- credit:
- Science Museum Photographer