A very high-energy cosmic ray iron nucleus shoots into some photographic emulsion & collides with a silver or bromine nucleus in the emulsion to produ

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A very high-energy cosmic ray iron nucleus shoots into some photographic emulsion & collides with a silver or bromine nucleus in the emulsion to produce a tremendous \jet\" of about 850 mesons. From the divergence of the jet, the total energy of the incoming iron nucleus is calculated to be more than 15,000 GeV - an example of the enormous energy that can be carried by some cosmic rays. (The central dark core of the jet is about mm across)."

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Size: 1890px × 7932px
Photo credit: © PROF. P. FOWLER, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: atomic, cosmic, emulsion, image, nuclear, nucleus, particle, photo, photograph, physics, ray