Chronology of Milestone Events in Particle Physics - HESS 1913
Chronology of Milestone Events in Particle Physics

  Nobel prize to V. F. Hess awarded in 1936 "for his discovery of cosmic radiation''. Co-winner C. D. Anderson "for his discovery of the positron''  

HESS 1913

Hess, V.F.;
Über den Ursprung der durchdringenden Strahlung / On the Origin of Penetrating Radiation
Phys.Zeitschr. 14 (1913) 610;

Accelerator COSM Detectors IONIZATION

Related references
More (earlier) information appears in
V. F. Hess, Phys.Zeitschr. 13 (1912) 1084;

Experiment comments
Measures the dependence of ionization upon versus altitude.

Reactions
  unspec flux

Record comments
Confirmation of cosmic rays.
    
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