MEASUREMENT OF K--MESONIC X-RAY SPECTRA OF MEDIUM AND HEAVY ELEMENTS

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WIEGAND, CE
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[1] Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.22.1235
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O4 [物理学];
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Lines of the kaonic x-ray spectra of 24 elements ranging from Z=17 to Z=92 have been measured. Kaons are absorbed at the nuclear surface from circular orbits. The sudden cutoff of transitions to successively lower principal quantum numbers at certain values of Z indicates that nuclear matter (probably neutrons) extends above the conventional nuclear surfaces. A peak in one of the spectra corresponds to x rays from - hyperonic atoms. © 1969 The American Physical Society.
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