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Nobel prize to C. F. Powell awarded in 1950 "for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with his method''

LATTES 1947

Lattes, C.M.G.; Muirhead, H.; Occhialini, G.P.S.; Powell, C.F.;
Processes Involving Charged Mesons
Nature 159 (1947) 694;

Motivation
In recent investigations with the photographic method, it has been shown that slow charged particles of small mass, present as a component of the cosmic radiation at high altitudes, can enter nuclei and produce disintegrations with the emission of heavy particles. It is convenient to apply the term "meson'' to any particle with a mass intermediate between that of a proton and an electron. In continuing our experiments we have found evidence of mesons which, at the end of their range, produce secondary mesons. We have also observed transmutations in which slow mesons are ejected from disintegrating nuclei. Several features of these processes remain to be elucidated, but we present the following account of the experiments because the results appear to bear closely on the important problem of developing a satisfactory meson theory of nuclear forces. (Extracted from the introductory part of the paper.).

Accelerator COSM Detectors EMUL

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	π– nucleus 2nucleus
	π– nucleus 2nucleus meson
	nucleus nucleus meson
	nucleus 2nucleus meson
	π– μ– neutral

Particles studied

π–

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First indication of the existence of π^– decay into μ^–.

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