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Direct Experimental Evidence for the Existence of a Heavy Positive V Particle

York, C. M. and Leighton, R. B. and Bjørnerud, E. K. (1953) Direct Experimental Evidence for the Existence of a Heavy Positive V Particle. Physical Review, 90 (1). pp. 167-168. ISSN 0031-899X. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.90.167. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:YORpr53

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Abstract

Various workers have shown [1,2] that some, if not all, charged V particles observed in cloud-chamber experiments can be identified with the K particle [3] (κ- and χ-mesons) found in nuclear emulsions. Direct mass measurements have been made on primary V particles of both signs of charge. These measurements have in all cases given values, somewhat lighter than a proton mass, which are entirely consistent with the known masses of K particles. The questions arises, therefore, as to whether charged V particles exist whose mass is considerably grater than that of a K particle, and which perhaps decay into a nucleon and π-meson, in a manner analogous to the decay of the neutral V particles.


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Additional Information:©1953 The American Physical Society. Received 9 February 1953 Supported in part by the joint program of the U.S. Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
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