Detecting atomic particles
JUN 01, 1948
The atom, which used to be simple, has become a composite of many different kinds of parts. A nuclear physicist reviews the manner in which atomic particles can be identified.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3066033
Physics today knows a whole variety of particles. It deals with protons, positive and negative electrons, neutrons, mesotrons, alpha particles, photons (which are not really particles but are detected by similar means), and deuterons.
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Serge A. Korff, New York University.
© 1948 American Institute of Physics
